Very interesting stuff

[Paratrooper]

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

[Paratrooper]

The totals are we have lost 1,282,586 Americans to past and present wars. That's is certainly some brave souls and God Bless them all on Veterans Day weekend.