I was tremendously moved by the following photo:
And I thank Nice Deb for posting the video,"The True Meaning of Memorial Day." She also includes a link to a list of the brave men and women who have given their lives in American wars:
American War Deaths Through History
From Independence to Iraq.
The following is a listing of US casualties in the various conflicts that have been a part of the country's history. The following numbers reflect deaths and excluded wounded and missing.
Partial Source: U.S. Army Military History Institute; iCasualties.org
| CONFLICT | SPAN | TOTALS |
| War of Independence | (1775-1783) | 25,000 |
| Quasi-War | (1798-1800) | 20 |
| Barbary Wars | (1801-1815) | 35 |
| War of 1812 | (1812-1815) | 20,000 |
| 1st Seminole War | (1817-1818) | 30 |
| 2nd Seminole War | (1835-1842) | 1,500 |
| Mexican-American War | (1846-1848) | 13,283 |
| 3rd Seminole War | (1855-1858) | 26 |
| Civil War | (1861-1865) | 623,026 |
| Indian Wars | (1865-1898) | 919 |
| Spanish-American War | (1898) | 2,446 |
| Phillipine War | (1898-1902) | 4,196 |
| Boxer Rebellion | (1900-1901) | 37 |
| Mexican Revolution | (1914-1919) | 35 |
| Haiti Occupation | (1915-1934) | 146 |
| World War 1 | (1917-1918) | 116,708 |
| World War 2 | (1941-1945) | 407,316 |
| Korean War | (1950-1953) | 36,914 |
| Vietnam War | (1964-1973) | 58,169 |
| El Salvador | (1980-1992) | 20 |
| Beirut | (1982-1984) | 266 |
| Persian Gulf Support | (1987-1988) | 39 |
| Invasion of Grenada | (1983) | 19 |
| Invasion of Panama | (1989) | 40 |
| Gulf War | (1991) | 269 |
| Somalia | (1992-1993) | 43 |
| Bosnia | 1995 | 12 |
| Afghanistan | (2002-2009) | 686+ |
| Iraqi | (2003-2009) | 4,299+ |