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Post-Vietnam Combat Casualties1

Place Dates Casualties
Lebanon Aug. 1982–Feb. 1984 254
Grenada Oct.–Nov. 1983 18
Libya April 10–16, 1986 2
Panama Dec. 1989–Jan. 1990 23
Persian Gulf Jan. 16–April 6, 1991 147
Somalia Dec. 1992–May 1993 29
Haiti Sept. 1994–April 1996 4
Former
 Yugoslavia		 1992–2001 9
Kosovo March–June 1999 2
Afghanistan Oct. 2001–(2) 454
Iraq March 20, 2003–(3) 3,855
1. Defined as battle deaths. Does not include deaths from accidents.
2. A total of 454 Americans have been killed, including 190 noncombat deaths (Nov. 3, 2007). 1,754 have been wounded (Nov. 3, 2007). “Operation Enduring Freedom” deaths cover other Asian regions as well as Afghanistan.
3. A total of 3,855 Americans have been killed, including 711 non-combat deaths (Nov. 8, 2007). 28,451 were wounded (Nov. 3, 2007). Coalition deaths: Britain, 171; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 23; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, 7; Slovakia, 4; El Salvador, 5; Latvia, 3; Thailand, 2; Estonia, 2; The Netherlands, 2; Australia, 2; Romania, 3; Hungary, Kazakhstan, 1 each (Nov. 6, 2007).
Source: U.S. Dept. of Defense, AP, Washington Post.

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