Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Memorial Day- Remembering....

Those whose lives were lost in war (estimated amount)...
Revolutionary War - 217,000 served / 6,188 wounded / 4,435 deaths
War of 1812 - 286,730 served / 4,505 wounded / 2,260 deaths
Mexican War - 78.718 served / 4,152 wounded / 1,733 deaths
Civil War (both sides) 3,213,363 served/ 354,805 wounded/ 191,963 deaths
Spanish Amer. War - 306,760 served / 1,662 wounded / 385 deaths
WW1 - 4,734,991 served / 204,002 wounded/ 53,402 deaths
WW2 - 16,112,566 served/ 671,846 wounded/ 291,557 deaths
Korean Conflict - 5,720,000 served/ 103,284 wounded/ 33,741 deaths
Vietnam Conflict - 8,744,000 served/ 153,303 wonded/ 47,424 deaths
Persian Gulf War - 2,225,000 served/ 467 wounded/ 147 deaths
Iraq War (present ongoing) over 13,000 casualties—11,500 wounded and 1,500 dead in first two years alone. There are now over 25,000 known deaths (and still counting)
**This is only a low ESTIMATE and does not necessarily count civilians & pets.

2 comments:

Samantha & Mom said...

Thank you Beau for those wonderful statistics. Mom's father was one of those killed in the Vietnam War. His name was Derrill Burnside.
Samantha, Tigger and Mom

Kimo and Sabi said...

Makes our heads spin.