# small war casualties **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-war-casualties/163783 "2003-03-24T15:26:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-war-casualties/163783/1 "2003-03-24T15:26:06Z")
What war that America has ever fought had the least amount of our sides casualties? ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-war-casualties/163783/2 "2003-03-24T17:57:12Z")
Are you asking about U.S. military casualties, civilian both? What constitutes a “SMALL War”? ## The U.S. Military casualties in a true War Revolutionary War 4,435 War of 1812 6,765 Mexican War 13,283 Spanish-American 2,446 World War One 116,708 World War Two 407,316 Korean War 33,651 Vietnam War 58,168 Persian Gulf War 363 US Casualties (not all “MILITARY”) in less than a War (other actions) 1962 Bay of Pigs Cuba 9 1964 Panama Canal Riots 4 1965-1966 Dominican Republic 59 1983 Grenada 19 1983-1991 El Salvador 20 1984-1989 Honduras 1 1986 Libya 2 1989-1990 Panama 40 1991-1992 Somalia, Op Restore Hope 8 2001-02 Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) 43 2002 Operation Enduring Freedom (Phillipines) 12