# How Many "Gave All"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775 "2001-05-28T14:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775/1 "2001-05-28T14:05:00Z")

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Today being Memorial Day, I thought this might be a fitting question. From the Revolutionary War through today, how many US men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country? If it’s been asked before, then let’s see the answer again once more, please. I think it’s important.

☹  
Thanks,

Quasi

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775/2 "2001-05-28T18:49:02Z")

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The OP [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25805) is a start, although the numbers I heard at the Memorial Day service yesterday were a little different.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775/3 "2001-05-28T19:37:20Z")

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From [U. S. Military Casualties](http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/casualty/SMS223R.pdf) In Adobe© PDF format

I notice that it contains no statistics for the Indian Wars, the War with the Barbary Coast, or the numerous Latin American and Chinese “interventions.”

Serving\_ \_ \_ _years_ \_ Total Deaths\_ \_ Battle Deaths \_ Other Deaths \_ Wounds not Mortal  
unknown \_ \_ 1775-1783 \_ \_ \_ \_ 4,453 \_ \_ \_ \_ 4,453 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_n/a \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_6,188  
00,286,730 \_ 1812-1815 \_ \_ \_ \_ 2,260 \_ \_ \_ \_ 2,260 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_n/a \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_4,505  
00,078,718 \_ 1848-1848 \_ \_ \_ 13,283 \_ \_ \_ \_ 1,733 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 11,550 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_4,152  
02,213,363 \_ 1861-1865 \_ \_ \_ 364,511 \_ \_ 140,414 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_224,097 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_281,881  
00,306,760 \_ 1989-1898 \_ \_ \_ \_ 2,446 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 385 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 2,061 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_1,662  
04,734,991 \_ 1917-1918 \_ \_ \_ 116,516 \_ \_ \_ 53,402 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 63,114 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_204,002  
16,112,566 \_ 1941-1945 \_ \_ \_ 405,399 \_ \_ 291,557 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_113,842 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_671,846  
05,720,000 \_ 1950-1953 \_ \_ \_ \_36,516 \_ \_ \_33,686 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_2,830 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_103,284  
08,744,000 \_ 1964-1973 \_ \_ \_ \_58,198 \_ \_ \_47,410 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ 10,788 \_ \_ \_ \_ \_153,303

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775/4 "2001-05-28T23:05:40Z")

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…I’d hear from Tom on this one. Thank you sir!

Quasi

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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gave-all/66775/5 "2001-05-29T06:06:47Z")

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Nothing to add to the OP except to express my admiration for the Gettysburg Address as one of the finest speeches of it’s kind, and to cite the phrase “last full measure of devotion” as one of the most touching tributes to patriotism I’ve ever heard.