Memorial Day serves as an honorary day remembering those that paid the ultimate sacrifice:
- American Revolution: 4,435 deaths; 6,188 wounded
- War of 1812: 2,260 deaths; 4,505 wounded
- Mexican War: 13,283 Deaths; 4,152 wounded
- U.S. Civil War: 620,000 deaths; 476,000 wounded; 400,000 captured or missing
- Spanish-American War: 2,446 deaths; 1,662 wounded
- World War I: 116,516 deaths; 204,002 wounded
- World War II: 405,399 deaths; 671,846 wounded
- Korean War: 36,574 deaths; 103,284 wounded
- Vietnam War: 58,209 deaths; 153,303 wounded
- Persian Gulf War (1990-91): 382 deaths; 467 wounded
“Global War on Terror,” including the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars:
+6,800 deaths; more than 970,000 disability claims registered as of March 31, 2014
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