(NewsNation) — On Memorial Day, People will honor those that gave their lives in service of their nation. Because the American Revolution, greater than 1 million women and men have died whereas serving.
Of all of the wars, the best variety of deaths got here from the Civil Warfare, with at the very least 500,000 fatalities. The exact variety of People who died within the battle isn’t identified.
Wartime deaths embrace those that died in battle, in addition to those that died of accidents, accidents or sickness whereas preventing. World Warfare II marks the primary battle through which battlefield deaths outnumbered all different causes.
Listed here are the variety of service members who’ve sacrificed their lives in America’s wars.
- American Revolution: 4,435
- Civil Warfare: 500,000
- Spanish-American Warfare: 2,446
- World Warfare I: 116,516
- World Warfare II: 405,399
- Korean Warfare: 54,246
- Vietnam Period: 90,220
- Desert Protect/Desert Storm: 1,948
- World Warfare on Terror: 7,076
