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"These heroes are dead.
They died for liberty-they died for us.
They are at rest.
They sleep in the land they
made free, under the flag they rendered
stainless, under the solemn pines, the
sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, the
embracing vines.
They sleep beneath the shadow of the clouds,
careless alike of sunshine or storm, each in
the windowless palace of rest.
Earth may run red with other wars-they are at peace.
In the midst of the battles, in the roar of
conflicts, they found the serenity of death."
Author
. . .
Unknown
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the mornings hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
Author . . .
Unknown
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American
Revolution (1775-1783)
Total Service members
...............................217,000
Battle
Deaths....................................................4,435
War
of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Service
members................................286,730
Battle
Deaths....................................................2,260
Indian
Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total Service
members.................................106,000
Battle
Deaths.....................................................1,000
Mexican
War (1846-1848)
Total Service
members..................................78,718
Battle
Deaths....................................................1,733
Other Deaths in
Service................................11,550
Civil
War (1861-1865)
Total Service members
(Union)..................2,213,363
Battle Deaths
(Union).....................................140,414
Other Deaths in Service
(Union)....................224,097
Total Service members
(Conf.)...................1,050,000
Battle Deaths
(Confederate)............................74,524
Other Deaths in Service (Confed.).................59,297*
* Does not include 26,000 to
31,000 who
died in Union
prisons.
Spanish-American
War (1898-1902)
Total Service members
(Worldwide)...............306,760
Battle
Deaths............................................................385
Other Deaths in Service
(Non-Theater)...............2,061
World
War I (1917-1918)
Total Service members
(Worldwide)............4,734,991
Battle
Deaths.......................................................53,402
Other Deaths in Service
(Non-Theater).............63,114
World
War II (1941-1945)
Total Service members
(Worldwide)..........16,112,566
Battle
Deaths.....................................................291,557
Other Deaths in Service
(Non-Theater)..........113,842
Korean
War (1950-1953)
Total Service members
(Worldwide)............5,720,000
Battle
Deaths......................................................33,741
Other Deaths (In
Theater).....................................2,835
Other Deaths in Service
(Non-Theater)............17,670
Vietnam
War (1964-1975)
Total Service members
(Worldwide)............9,200,000
Deployed to Southeast
Asia........................3,403,000
Battle
Deaths......................................................47,415
Other Deaths (In
Theater)...................................10,785
Other Deaths in Srv.
(Non-Theater) est............32,000
America's
Wars Total
U.S.
Military Service During War
.............42,348,460
Battle
Deaths...................................................651,013
Other Deaths (In
Theater)..................................13,855
Other Deaths in Service
(Non-Theater).........524,545
This
does not include the Global War
On Terror
figures as they change weekly.
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