# Gulf War casualties

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-casualties/160906>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-casualties/160906 "2003-03-12T19:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChalkPit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ChalkPit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChalkPit)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-casualties/160906/1 "2003-03-12T19:19:08Z")

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Does anyone know, or have a know of a site that has a breakdown of casualties suffered by the allies during the Gulf War ?

I am interested to know how many were down to accidents during wartime and how many were actually the result of enemy action ?

I am particularly interested in the ground war casualties, as I cant remember ever seeing much about the allies losing AFV’s or tanks to anything but friendly fire incidents.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-casualties/160906/2 "2003-03-12T20:27:36Z")

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I know a guy whose friend was killed in a gunfight over there.

So at least one.

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**Author:** ![Slugworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Slugworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slugworth)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-casualties/160906/3 "2003-03-12T21:20:51Z")

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“In official reports, the Pentagon has admitted that of the 148 American servicemen and women who perished on the battlefield, 24 percent of the total killed in action were victims of ‘friendly fire’. Eleven more Americans were killed when un exploded Allied munitions blew up, raising the ‘friendly fire’ percent to 31 percent. Most solders said that the thousands of unexploded mines and bomblets they encountered, were more dangerous than enemy fire”

[http://www.cryan.com/war/](http://www.cryan.com/war/)