2001 America's Wars Fact Sheet

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May 2001

American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total Servicemembers	217,000
Battle Deaths	4,435
Non-mortal Woundings	6,188
Last Veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109
Last Widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/06, age 92
Last Dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/11, age 90

War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Servicemembers	286,730
Battle Deaths	2,260
Non-mortal Woundings	4,505
Last Veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105
Last Widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/36, age unknown
Last Dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan, died 3/12/46, age 89

Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total Servicemembers	106,000*
Battle Deaths	1,000*
Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101

Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total Servicemembers	78,718
Battle Deaths	1,733
Other Deaths in Service	11,550
Non-mortal Woundings	4,152
Last Veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/29, age 98
Last Widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/63, age 89
Last Dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/62, age 94

Civil War (1861-1865)
Total Servicemembers (Union)	2,213,363
Battle Deaths (Union)	140,414
Other Deaths in Service (Union)	224,097
Non-mortal Woundings (Union)	281,881
Total Servicemembers (Conf.)	1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate)	74,524
Other Deaths in Service (Confederate)	59,297**
Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate)	Unknown
Last Union Veteran, Albert Woolson died 8/2/56, age 109
Last Confederate Veteran, John Salling died 3/16/58, age 112

Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)	306,760
Battle Deaths	385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	2,061
Non-mortal Woundings	1,662
Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106

World War I (1917-1918)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)	4,734,991
Battle Deaths	53,402
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	63,114
Non-mortal Woundings	204,002
Living Veterans	2,503*

World War II (1940 –1945)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)	16,112,566
Battle Deaths	291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	113,842
Non-mortal Woundings	671,846
Living Veterans	5,451,378*

Korean War (1950-1953)
Total Servicemenbers (Worldwide)	5,720,000
Battle Deaths	33,686
Other Deaths (In Theater)	2,830
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	17,730
Non-mortal Woundings	103,284
Living Veterans	3,913,749*

Vietnam War (1964-1975)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)	9,200,000
Deployed to Southeast Asia	3,100,000
Battle Deaths	47,410
Other Deaths (In Theater)	10,788
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) est.	32,000
Non-mortal Woundings	153,303
Living Veterans	8,300,106*

Gulf War (1990-1991)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)	2,322,332
Deployed to Gulf	1,136,658
Battle Deaths	148
Other Deaths (In Theater)	235
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	914
Non-mortal Woundings	467
Living Veteran	1,753,530

America's Wars Total
Military Service During War	42,348,460
Battle Deaths	650,954
Other Deaths in Service (In Theater)	13,853
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)	229,661
Non-mortal Woundings	1,431,290
Living War Veterans	19,421,266*
Living Veterans	25,497,691*

Veterans and Dependents on the
Compensation and Pension Rolls as of

May, 2001

	VETERANS	CHILDREN	PARENTS	SURVIVING SPOUSES
Civil War	-	12	-	1
Indian Wars	-	1	-	-
Spanish-American War	-	245	-	386
Mexican Border	9	25	-	181
World War I	144	5,810	1	25,573
World War II	647,205	18,707	1,388	272,793
Korean Conflict	249,515	4,110	1,496	63,579
Vietnam Era	851,143	13,465	6,118	114,514
Gulf War***	344,174	8,508	338	6,261
TOTAL WARTIME	2,092,190	50,883	9,341	483,288
Nonservice-connected	352,761	27,221	-	230,194
Service-connected	2,306,731	30,757	11,650	288,661
TOTAL	2,659,492	57,978	11,650	518,855

>NOTE: Figures on the number of living veterans are projected from the final 1990 Census data and include only veterans living in the U.S and Puerto Rico. Periods of service used in Census data may differ slightly from those of DoD. Although Gulf War figures are shown for the peak 1990-1991 period, the Gulf War period has not yet been officially terminated.

Source: Department of Defense, unless otherwise indicated.

“Other deaths in Service” is the number of servicemembers who died while on active duty, other than those attributable to combat, regardless of the location or cause of death.

* VA estimate

** An estimated figure does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons.

***For VA benefits purposes, the Gulf War period of service remains open-ended and also includes those discharged from 1991 to date.

It is estimated that the number of living World War I veterans will be:

9/30/01............ 2,212 9/30/07.................. 171 9/30/13.................... 12

9/30/02............ 1,452 9/30/08.................. 110 9/30/14..................... 7

9/30/03............... 952 9/30/09................... 71 9/30/15..................... 4

9/30/04............... 623 9/30/10................... 46 9/30/16..................... 3

9/30/05................ 407 9/30/11................... 29 9/30/17..................... 2

9/30/06................ 265 9/30/12................... 19 9/30/18..................... 1

It is estimated that the number of living World War II veterans will be:

9/30/01............. 5,032,591 9/30/08................ 2,383,578 9/30/15................. 724,947

9/30/02............. 4,618,560 9/30/09................ 2,074,699 9/30/16................. 583,410

9/30/03............. 4,211,991 9/30/10................ 1,788,795 9/30/17................. 463,088

9/30/04............. 3,815,644 9/30/11................ 1,526,903 9/30/18................. 362,282

9/30/05............. 3,432,216 9/30/12................ 1,289,627 9/30/19................. 279,113

9/30/06............. 3,064,236 9/30/13................ 1,077,141 9/30/20................. 211,584

9/30/07............. 2,714,009 9/30/14................... 889,152