American War Casualties:

Wars Number in Action Number of Casualties
Revolutionary War 184,000 4,435
War of 1812 286,703 6,765
Mexican War 78,718 13,283
Spanish-American 306,760 2,446
World War One 4,743,826 116,708
World War Two 16,353,659 407,316
Korean War 5,764,143 33,651
Vietnam War 8,744,000 58,168
Persian Gulf War 467,539 268

Other Notable Deaths in 1991:

CauseTotal DeadCivilian Casualties*
Motor Vehicle43,5005,125
Falls12,2001,437
Poison5,600660
Drowning4,600542
Ingestion of food 2,900 342
Firearms1,400165
Poison80094

* The Civilian Casualties is calculated by converting the total year dead by the number of days the war lasted, 43. This table is provided to show how effective the war strategy was on saving lives on the front line.