Arlington Memorial Displays
'Arlington Memorial' displays are an ongoing project of Veterans for Peace. Arlington West began in Santa Barbara, CA when VFP members began every week setting up crosses for each of the US military killed in the Iraq war. Their purpose is t o remember the fallen and wounded, to provide a place to grieve, to acknowledge the human cost of war, to encourage dialogue among people with varied points of view and to educate the public about the needs of those returning from war. Arlington displays are now regularly created by VFP chapters across the country.
Civilian and Military Deaths in Major U.S. Conflicts
This is a selection of major wars in which U.S. military members were killed. It is not by any means a listing of all the places the U.S. military has invaded. For that information, consult the links in the sidebar.
| War | U.S. Military Deaths | Civilian Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary 1775-81 |
25,174 |
unavailable |
| 1812 | 2,260 | unavailable |
| Mexican War 1846-48 |
13,283 | 900 |
| Civil War 1861-65 |
620,000 | 50,000 |
| Spanish-American 1898 |
2,446 | unavailable |
| Philippines 1900-02 |
4,234 | 200,000 |
| Boxer Rebellion (China) 1899-1901 |
21 | 20,000 |
| WWI 1917-18 |
116,516 | 8,000,000 |
| Haiti 1918-20 | 13 | 3,000 |
| Russian Civil War 1917-22 | 572 | 9,000,000 |
| Nicaragua 1926-33 | 136 | unavailable |
| WWII 1941-45 |
405,399 | 36,372,900 |
| Korean 1950-52 |
54,246 | 1,847,240 |
| Vietnam/Indochina 1963-75 |
58,220 |
5,000,000 |
| Dominican Republic 1965 | 26 | 2,500 |
| Grenada 1983 |
19 | 104 |
| Panama 1987 |
23 | 1,000 |
| Persian Gulf 1991 |
383 | 5,000 |
| Afghanistan 2001 - |
1,941 |
30,000 |
| Iraq 2003 - |
4,484 | 1,500,000 |
Sources: Historical Atlas of the 20th Century; Zoltan Grossman, Ph.D, The Evergreen State College; 180 Landings of the U.S. Marines