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As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [94] e. ^ Korean War : Note: [ 20 ] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their ...
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
Sunk in American-laid minefield. Thatcher: DD-514 Fletcher class: Off Okinawa 19 July 1945: Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. Truxtun: DD-229 Clemson class: Placentia Bay, Newfoundland 18 February 1942: Sunk after accidental grounding in a storm. Tucker: DD-374 Mahan class: Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides 4 August 1942 ...
Netherlands: Total losses were 81 aircraft during the May 1940 campaign. [3] Poland: Total losses were 398 lost, 112 flew to then neutral Romania, 286 destroyed, 1 missing and unaccounted for. Aircraft losses by type: 116 fighters, 112 dive bombers, 81 reconnaissance aircraft, 36 bombers, 21 sea planes, and 9 transports.
American Civil War: 0.6–1 million [82] [83] 1861–1865 United States vs. Confederate States: North America Mozambican Civil War: 0.5–1 million [84] 1977–1992 People's Republic of Mozambique, later Republic of Mozambique, and allies vs. RENAMO and allies Mozambique First Sudanese Civil War: 0.5–1 million [85] [86] 1955–1972
My father served in the battle – which claimed 19,000 American lives and more than 89,000 total American casualties – and I just returned from a bipartisan, official visit to the battlefield ...
The number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. For example, during the Seven Days Battles in the American Civil War (June 25 to July 1, 1862) there were 5,228 killed, 23,824 wounded and 7,007 missing or taken prisoner for a total of 36,059 casualties.
This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968).