Wars ranked by total number of U.S. military deaths

Wars ranked by total number of U.S. military deaths

Rank	War	Years	Deaths	Deaths per Day	US Population in First Year of War	Deaths per Population
1	American Civil War	1861–1865	625,000	420	31,443,000	1.988% (1860)
2	World War II	1941–1945	405,399	297	133,402,000	0.307% (1940)
3	World War I	1917–1918	116,516	279	103,268,000	0.110% (1920)
4	Vietnam War	1961–1975	58,209	11	179,323,175 (1960)	0.030% (1970)
5	Korean War	1950–1953	36,516	45	151,325,000	0.020% (1950)
6	American Revolutionary War	1775–1783	25,000	11	2,500,000	0.899% (1780)
7	War of 1812	1812–1815	15,000	15	8,000,000	0.207% (1810)
8	Mexican–American War	1846–1848	13,283	29	21,406,000	0.057% (1850)
9	War on Terror	2001–present	6,717	1.57	294,043,000	0.002% (2010)
10	Philippine–American War	1899–1902	4,196	3.8	72,129,001	0.006% (1900)