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The Korean War started - The Forgotten War.

 

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BATTLE DEAD* 33,686 (*Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the Missing Persons Act)

Killed in Action 23,637
Died of Wounds 2,484
Died While Missing (MIA) 4,759
Died While Captured (POW) 2,806
Total: 33,686

NON-BATTLE DEATHS 2,830

TOTAL DEATHS IN THEATER: 36,516

DIED ELSEWHERE (Worldwide during Korean War) 17,730

WOUNDED (Number of personnel) 92,134

WOUNDED (Number of incidences*) 103,284 (*Includes individual personnel wounded multiple times)

UNACCOUNTED FOR (Bodies not identified/bodies not recovered) 8,176

Prisoner of War 2,045
Killed in Action 1,794
Missing in Action 4,245
Non-battle 92
Total: 8,176

PRISONERS OF WAR 7,245

POWs Returned to U.S. Control 4,418
POWs Who Died While Captured 2,806
POWs Who Refused Repatriation 21
Total: 7,245

SERVICE STATISTICS_____*******Total__******ARMY__******USAF__******USMC__******USN

Killed in Action___________******23, 637__****19,754__******198__*******3,321__******364

Died of Wounds__________*******2,484__******1,904__******16__*********536__*******28

Died While Missing (MIA)__*******4,759__******3,317__*****960__**********385__******97

Died While POW/Interned_********2,806__******2,753__******24__***********26__*******3

TOTAL BATTLE DEAD_____******33,686__******27,728__***1,198__********4,268__******492

Prisoners of War ________*******7,245 __******5,356__******926__*********677__******286


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(sorry about the graph- wouldn't let me copy and paste correctly)

 

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While you may know about it, most know little or have no clue.