Casualties of War
U.S. casualties in Iraq so far are comparable to some smaller wars in American history.
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War
Woundings
Deaths
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
6,188
4,435
Civil War (1861-1865)
281,881
364,511
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
4,505
2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848)
4,152
13,283
Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
1,662
2,446
Philippines War (1899-1902)
2,818
4,374
World War I (1917-1918)
204,002
116,516
World War II (1941-1946)
671,846
405,399
Korean War (1950-1953)
103,284
36,576
Vietnam War (1964-1973)
153,303
58,200
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
467
382
Iraq War (2003-2004)
4,682
802
Note: Civil War casualties reflect Union forces only.
SOURCES: Defense Departmen, Veterans Affairs Department, Oxford Companion to American Military History
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