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583. Armed Forces Personnel--Summary of Major Conflicts
[For Revolutionary War, number of personnelserving not known, but estimates range from 184,000 to 250,000; for Warof 1812, 286,730 served; for Mexican War, 78,718 served. Dates
of themajor conflicts may differ from those specified in various lawsproviding benefits for veterans]
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Unit
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Civil
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American
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World
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World
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Korean
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Vietnam
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war 1
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War
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War I
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War II
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war
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Conflict
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Personnel serving 2
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1,000
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2,213
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307
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4,735
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3
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16,113
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4
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5,720
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5
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8,744
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Average duration of service
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Months
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20
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8
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12
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33
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19
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23
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Service abroad: Personnel serving
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Percent
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(NA)
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6
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29
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53
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73
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7
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56
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(NA)
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Average duration 8
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Months
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(NA)
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1.5
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6
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16
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13
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(NA)
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Casualties: 9 Battle deaths 2
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1,000
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140
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(Z)
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53
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292
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34
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10
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47
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Other deaths
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1,000
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224
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2
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63
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114
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3
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11
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Wounds not mortal 2
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1,000
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282
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2
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204
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671
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103
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10
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153
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Draftees: Classified
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1,000
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777
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(X)
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24,234
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36,677
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9,123
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5
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75,717
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Examined
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1,000
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522
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(X)
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3,764
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17,955
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3,685
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5
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8,611
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Rejected
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1,000
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160
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(X)
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803
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6,420
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1,189
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5
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3,880
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Inducted
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1,000
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46
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(X)
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2,820
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10,022
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1,560
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5
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1,759
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NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Fewer than 500. 1 Unionforces only. Estimates of the number serving in Confederate forces
range from 600,000 to 1.5 million. 2 Source U.S.Department of Defense, Selected Manpower Statistics,
annual. 3 Covers Dec. 1, 1941, to Dec. 31,
1946. 4 Covers June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953.
5 Covers Aug. 4, 1964, to Jan. 27, 1973.
6 Army and Marines only. 7 ExcludesNavy. Covers July 1950 through Jan. 1955. Far East area only.
8 During hostilities only. 9 For
periods covered, see footnotes 3, 4, and 5. 10 CoversJan. 1, 1961, to Jan. 27, 1973. Includes known military servicepersonnel who have died from combat related
wounds.
Source: Except as noted, the President's Commission on Veterans'Pensions, Veterans' Benefits in the United States, vol. I,1956; and U.S. Dept. of Defense, unpublished data.
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/583_armed_forces_personnel_summary_of_major.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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