LESSON 85: U.S. ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS AND CASUALTIES: 1898-2014
There have been wars, great and small, some needed, some not, it is unknown on how many allies were lost, no less the native population from our response or the enemy’s. You can research which ever conflict or war that you want to get more information.
**U.S. Army Air Corps, prior to 1947. The U.S. Air Force was not a separate military branch until 1947. The Navy and Marines had their aviators also.
Military There maybe no separation between Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.
Operation/ Casualty
Incident Types are KIA, Non-Hostile Killed, WIA, POW, MIA and Total #.Spanish-American War, April to December 1898, Freed Cuba, Phillippines, Puerto Rico from the Spanish. KIA: Army 369; Navy: 10; USMC: 6=Total KIA: 385. WIA Total 1662.
Boxer Rebellion-China, In the late 19th Century there was a period of no growth and the rebellions left tens of millions dead. From 1898-1901 the “Society of Righteous Harmony Society” or “Yihetuan” or “Boxers” in English sought no further foreign or Christian interest in China. The Foreign Legations were attacked in Shanghai, and the alliance with the U.S., Britain, Japan, Russia, France, and others fortified the Legations and went after the Boxers and gained a victory. Killed were over 50.
There is a 1966 movie that might half-way explain the feelings of the period called “Sand Pebbles”. Actors are Steve McQueen, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako and others. It was directed by Robert Wise. It takes place in 1926 China.
Operation Types Army Navy Air Force Marines Total
World (1914) KIA 50,510 431 Army Air Corps 2,461 (CG: 111) 53,402
War One Non-Hostile 55,868 6,856 Army Air Corps 390 (CG: 81) 63,195
April 6, 1917 (US) WIA 193,663 819 Army Air Corps 9,520 – – 204,002
to Nov. 11, 1918 MIA
4,734,000 served Don’t forget the 1918 Flu Pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands.
Banana Wars (1912-1933) United Fruit Company in Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Mexico. Mostly a USMC Operation. KIA: 48; WIA: 68.
Military
Operation/ Casualty **Air Marine
Incident Type Army Navy Force Corps Total China: Pre-Japanese Occupation (1927-1937[1941]) Fourth Marines: KIA: 5; WIA: 78.
WORLD Americans who volunteered for the British or the Chinese All Volunteer
WAR TWO Group (AVG)(1939-1942) see page 11-10:
(1939-1946) British Volunteers: KIA- ; WIA- ; MIA-
U.S. 1941-1945 All Volunteer Group: KIA- ; WIA- ; MIA-
16.1 million served KIA 234,874 36,950 AAC (50K?) 19,733 CG: 574 291,577
NonH: 83,400 25,644 Army Air Corps 4,778 CG: 1343 113,842
WIA 565,861 37,778 Army Air Corps 68,207 671,846
MIAWORLD WAR TWO: WAVES: KIA- 38; WASPS: KIA- ; MERCHANT MEN: KIA-5,662; WIA-12,000;
WAAFS: KIA- ; WACS KIA- : SPARS KIA-
The Japanese Surrender on the USS Missouri was on August 14, 1945 and the end of hostilities was declared on December 31, 1946.by Presidential Procedure.
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The Berlin Blockade was in 1948 to 1949 and there were 31 line of duty injuries reported.THE START OF THE COLD WAR (WWIII): Although no major war shots were fired between the U.S. and N.A.T.O. versus the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact or China; but, there were about 15 times that a DEFCON TWO was almost called due to nuclear alerts that took about 15 to 30 minutes on the various Hotlines that settled the miscommunications. Plus, there almost was one DEFCON ONE during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 and the blockade stopped the alert. During the 1973 Israeli/Arab “Yom Kippur War”, Able Archer 1983 and the 9/11/2011 Al-Qaeda Attacks there were DEFCON THREEs Called.
In China 1945-1947 there were 13 KIA and 43 WIA during the Communist Change Out.
Cold War-Non Specific Casualties: vs. USSR (CCCP): 32 Killed in the Line of Duty and 12 Wounded.
vs. Republic of China: 16 Killed in the Line of Duty.
Greek Communist Revolution, 1946-1948, with U.S. Advisors and I could find no information about them.
Berlin Wall Airlift: There were 31 Non-Hostile Line of Duty Killed from 1948-1949.
Information from wikipedia.com, 20thcenturylittlewars.com, and Defense Department Manpower Data Page
Korean War, June 25, 1950-1953, see page 138 on the Korean War. An Armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, and a state of war still exists. Thanks to www.KoreanWarStuff.com and wikipedia.
1950-1953 KIA 27,731 506 1,236 4,226 33,574
WIA 77.596 1,576 368 23,744 103,284
MIA 3,776 94 807 807 4,759
U.S. Troops Killed Non-Hostile 2,125 1521 242 314 2,835
Republic of Korea Troops, 1950-1953: KIA: 58,127; WIA: 175,743; MIA: over 80.000
Military
Operation/ Casualty **Air Marine
Incident Type Army Navy Force Corps Total KOREA: U.N. Troops: U.K.: KIA: 1109; WIA: 2674; POW/MIA: 1060; Turkish: KIA: 721; WIA: 2111; MIA: 168; Canada: KIA: 516; MIA: 1042 and other troops killed equal 3579.
Korean Civilians: Killed over 80,000; Missing over 150,000; and displaced over 3 million.
U.S. Troops Post-Armistice (June 27, 1953 to present) KIA: ; WIA: ; MIA: ; Ex-POW: .
ROK Troops (Post-Armistice) KIA: ; WIA: ; MIA:
During the 1966-1969 Communist Counter-Insurgency there were 43 US KIA and 111 WIA plus 249 ROK.KIA
Kim Il Sung was DPRK’s first Leader and he ruled for four decades. He died on July 8, 1994. Kim Jung Il the “Dear Leader” ruled until October 20, 2011. Kim Il Sun, 28, the “Great Sucessor”, took over DPRK soon there after.
There are now only 28,500 US Troops stationed in ROK and they are now in retrograde bases. 3600 has usually deployed to OEF/OIF. 2017-- Brigades now rotate between CONUS and ROK or Afghanistan.
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Lebanon (One) 1958, Mostly U.S. Marine CorpsKIA 1+ and 5 non-hostile killed
WIA 4
Dominican Republic, April 14, 1962 to April 28, 1965 Civil War with mostly USMC with 14,000 Marines with 13 KIA and over 2000 wounded.
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM--
French Troops and other Pre-Vietnam Conflict (1946-1957) troops killed: ; Missing:
Pre-Vietnam Conflict (WAR) 1957- August 4, 1964, U.S. Advisors and Special Operations Troops. President Eisenhower started with 900 US Advisors and by 1963, President Kennedy had 16,000 US Advisors prior to major commitment. KIA: ; WIA: ; MIA:
VIETNAM WAR, August 5, 1964 to January 27, 1973, date of ground and air cease fire and start of withdrawals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON OPERATIONAL CASUALTIES IN THIS LESSON: Please buy Version One or Two, or “Challenging Life’s Ins and Outs” at www.amazon.com/author/redbecker or Nook.
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