|
American Revolution,
1775 to 1784 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 290,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
| Last Veteran: Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age
109 |
|
War of 1812, 1812 to
1815 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 287,000 |
2,000 |
0 |
| Last Veteran: Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105 |
|
Indian Wars, approx.
1817 to 1898 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 106,000 |
1,000 |
0 |
| Last Veteran: Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101 |
|
Mexican War, 1846 to
1848 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 79,000 |
13,000 |
0 |
| Last Veteran: Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/29, age 98 |
| Union Participants |
Union Deaths in Service |
Union Living Veterans |
| 2,213,000 |
364,000 |
0 |
| Confederate Participants* |
Confederate Deaths in Service* |
Confederate Living Veterans |
| 1,000,000 |
133,821 |
0 |
| Last Union Veteran: Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age
109 |
|
Spanish-American
War, 1898 to 1902 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 392,000 |
11,000 |
0 |
| Last Veteran: Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106 |
|
World War I, 1917 to
1918 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 4,744,000 |
116,000 |
4,800 |
| Living Veterans does not include World War I
veterans with military service in other eras. |
|
World War II, 1940
to 1947 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 16,535,000 |
406,000 |
6,319,000 |
|
Korean Conflict,
1950 to 1955 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 6,807,000 |
55,000 |
4,179,000 |
|
Vietnam Era, 1964 to
1975 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 9,200,000 |
109,000 |
8,166,000 |
|
Gulf War Era, 1990
to TBD |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 3,800,000 |
9,000 |
2,048,000 |
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
Living Ex-Servicemembers |
| 41,790,000 |
1,090,200 |
19,300,000 |
25,188,000 |
|
|
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, July 1998
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