Ready Reference Files

Statistics on 20th Century Wars
Involving the United States

Battle Deaths:

• In World War I, 53,402 American servicemen were killed in action.
• In World War II, the toll was 291,557.
• For the Korean War, 33,629.
• In Vietnam, 45,940.

Wounded in Action:

• World War I: 204,002
• World War II: 670,846
• The Korean War: 103,284
• Vietnam: 303,475.

The Cost of the War in Billions of Dollars:

• World War I: 25.7
• World War II: 341
• Korean: 54
• Vietnam: 170.

U.S. Bombing in Tonnages:

• World War II: 2,057,244 tons
• Korean War: 635,000 tons
• Indochina War: 7,100,000 tons.

Length of U.S. Involvement in Major Wars

• World War I: 1 year, 7 months
• World War II: 3 years, 8 months
• Korean War: 3 years, 1 month
• Vietnam War: 12 years.

Source: Plain Truth April 19, 1975.

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