Paratrooper
11-12-2005, 01:49 PM
I thought this was interesting being it is Veterans Day weekend. This is the amount of soldiers killed in past wars and it's costs.
Wars....Years....U.S. military deathsU.S....war costs...ave per year
Revolutionary War in America 1775-1783 25,324 $101,100,000
average per year 2,813
War of 1812 1812-1815 2,260 $90,000,000
average per year 565
Mexican War 1846-1848 13,283 $71,400,000
average per year 4427
American Civil War—Union forces 1861-1865 360,222 $3,183,000,000
average per year 72,044
American Civil War—Confederate forces 1861-1865 260,000 $2,000,000,000
average per year 52,000
Spanish-American War 1898 2,446 $283,200,000
average per year 2,446
World War I 1914-1918 116,516 $18,676,000,000
average per year 23,303
World War II 1941-1945 405,399 $263,259,000,000
average per year 81,079
Korean War 1950-1953 36,516 $67,386,000,000
average per year 9,129
Vietnam War 1961-1975 58,000 1$150,000,000,000
average per year 3866
Persian Gulf War of 1991-1991 305 $61,000,000,000
average per year 305
Afghanistan War 2001-present 250 no estimates monetarily
average per year 50
Iraq War 2003–present 2065 no estimates monetarily
average per year 688
Wars....Years....U.S. military deathsU.S....war costs...ave per year
Revolutionary War in America 1775-1783 25,324 $101,100,000
average per year 2,813
War of 1812 1812-1815 2,260 $90,000,000
average per year 565
Mexican War 1846-1848 13,283 $71,400,000
average per year 4427
American Civil War—Union forces 1861-1865 360,222 $3,183,000,000
average per year 72,044
American Civil War—Confederate forces 1861-1865 260,000 $2,000,000,000
average per year 52,000
Spanish-American War 1898 2,446 $283,200,000
average per year 2,446
World War I 1914-1918 116,516 $18,676,000,000
average per year 23,303
World War II 1941-1945 405,399 $263,259,000,000
average per year 81,079
Korean War 1950-1953 36,516 $67,386,000,000
average per year 9,129
Vietnam War 1961-1975 58,000 1$150,000,000,000
average per year 3866
Persian Gulf War of 1991-1991 305 $61,000,000,000
average per year 305
Afghanistan War 2001-present 250 no estimates monetarily
average per year 50
Iraq War 2003–present 2065 no estimates monetarily
average per year 688