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Killed in action or killed by disease while overseas in World War I (1914–1918). ... Pages in category "American military personnel killed in World War I"
During World War I, 4,734,991 served in the American military. [2] There were a total of 116,516 deaths, with 53,402 of those occurring in battle. [2] Another 63,114 died of noncombat reasons, including about 45,000 due to the 1918 outbreak of Spanish flu; 30,000 soldiers died before they even reached France.
In July 2014, Serbian poet and academic Matija Bećković said "that 402,435 Serbian soldiers have been killed and 845,000 civilians hanged or exterminated in concentration camps during WWI. [143] At a September 2014 conference sponsored by the Serbian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Alexander Nedok put Serbian war dead at 1,247,435 persons. [144]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier United States For deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified Unveiled November 11, 1921 ; 103 years ago (November 11, 1921) Location 38°52′35″N 77°04′20″W / 38.87639°N 77.07222°W / 38.87639; -77.07222 Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD The Tomb of ...
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and possibly the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m. [ 2 ] [ 4 ]
The missing men were from the Tyneside Scottish battalion and were among 22 to die in a raid in 1917.
c. ^ Civil War: All Union casualty figures, and Confederate killed in action, from The Oxford Companion to American Military History except where noted (NPS figures). [20] estimate of total Confederate dead from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1988), 854. Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 ...
The holiday is a time for Americans to honor those who served in the military and for them to pass down their stories to younger generations. 13 striking photos of soldiers and civilians ...