United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Military Personnel Abroad-M ajor Conflicts 361
No. 597. U.S. M ilita r y P e rs o n n e l A broad o r A flo a t, by C o u n try : 1970 t o 1981
[In thousands. As of June 3D except, beginning 1977, as of Sept. 30. Data are unclassified approximations]
COUNTRY 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 COUNTRY 1970 1975 1978 1 9 7 9 19BQ 1981
Outside U.S.
S u rc p e *.................
Germany, F.R.....
Greece...............
fcefand...............
Ita ly ....................
Spain.................
Turkey...............
United Kingdom..
Other countries...
Afloat.................
1,071
3 0 4
214
33
1087
21
8
26
517
314
220
4
3
12
9
7
21
7
30
494
0 3 0
234
4
3
12
95
22
6
35
481
3 2 5
239
33
1295
23
6
25
502
3 3 2
244
4
3
12
9
5
2 4
7
22
502
3 3 7
248
33
1295
25
7
25
Asia and Pacific....
Ja p a n 3............
Philippines..........
South Korea......
China (Taiwan)....
Thailand............
S. Vietnam.........
Afloat.................
U.S. outlying
areas ‘...............
Troop
dependents s....
Europe..............
Western Pacific...
663 156 129 122 115 125
SI 48 46 4 6 4 6 4 8
24 15 14 14 13 15
549 42 42 39 39 38
4 1
41 2 0 (z)
(z) «
415
60 28 26
s22 16 25
32 25 22 2 2 13 13
347 365 318 383 369 347
206 239 222 282 273 268
91 82 61 67 64 62
- Represents zero. 2 Fewer than 500. 1Includes troops in countries not shown. aWestern Europe and related areas.
9Includes Okinawa. * Primarily Guam, Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and Midway Islands, * Dependent data as of Sept.
30. Includes areas not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Dept, of Defense, S e le c te d M a n p o w e r S ta tistics, annual, and unpublished data.
No. 598. Vietnam Conflict—U.S. Military Forces in Vietnam, and Casualties: 1961 to 1981
[Military forces as of Dec. 31. All U.S. forces withdrawn by Jan. 27, 1673]
ITEM
Unit
1961-
1981,
total
1961-
1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973-
1981
Military forces...... ....................
Battle deaths 2..........................
Killed......................................
Died of wounds......................
Died while missing 3...............
Wounded, nonfatal: -
Hospital cane..........................
No hospital cars.....................
1,000.........
Number.....
Number.....
Number.....
Number.....
1,000.........
1,000.........
(x)
47,232
36,436
5,169
3,647
153.3
150.3
>23.3
267
166
10
71
.0
.8
184.3
1,369
1,115
103
151
3.3
2.8
385.3
5,008
4,122
576
310
16.5
13.6
485.6
9,377
7,491
978
908
32.4
29.7
538.1
14,589
12,622
1.594
373
46.8
46.0
475.2
9,414
6.106
1,166
142
32.9
37.3
234.6
4,221
3,479
552
190
15.2
15.4
156.8
1,381
1,064
157
140
4.8
4.2
24.2
300
193
26
81
.6
.6
1,306
3 6
7
1,281
- Represents zero. X Not applicable, Z Fewer than 50. ‘ For 1964 only. 3C a s u a ltie s fro m e n e m y action.
Deaths exclude 10,449 servicemen who died in accidents or from d isease . 3 In clu d e s se rv ic e m e n who died while captured.
Source: U.S. Dept, of Defense, S e le c te d M a n p o w e r S ta tistics, annual, and unpublished data; beginning 1981, National Archives
and Records Service, “Combat Area Casualty File," (3-330-80-3),
No. 599. Arm ed F o rc e s P e rs o n n e l—Summary o f M a jo r C o n flic ts
[For Revolutionary War, number of personnel serving not known, but estimates range from 184,000 to 250,000; for War of 1612,
286,730 served; for Mexican War, 78,718 served. Dates of the major conflicts may differ from those specified in various laws
providing benefits for veterans, See table 598 for data on Vietnam conflict. See also H is to ric a l S ta tistics, C o lo n ia l T im es to 1970.
series Y 856-903]
(zj
(z)
ITEM
Unit
Civil
War1
Spanish-
American
War
World
War 1
World
War II
Korean
conflict
Vietnam
conflict
1,000...... 2,213 307 4,744 *16,354 85,764 ‘ 8,811
1,000......... 2|l29 *281 4^057 1 ,260 2|834 4j368
litlflO......... 1 ( 23 589 4,183 1,177 1,842
V 84
1,000.........
I 3 79 669 424 794
1,000......... (X) (X) (?) ( 7) 1,286 1,740
1.000........ (X) (X) 241 44 87
20 8 12 33 19 23
8 14 39 24 (NA.)
8 12 33 16
Service abroad: Personnel serving........... Percent..... (NA) B29 53 73 10 56 (NA)
1.5 5.5 16.2 13.4 (NA)
1,000......... 140 (z) 53 292 34 13 47
1,000......... 282 2 204 671 103 13304
1,000......... 777 (X) 24,234 36,677 9,123 ‘ 75,717
1,000......... 522 (x) 3,764 17,955 3,685 ‘ 8,611
1,000......... 160 (x) 803 *420 1,189 ‘ 3,880
Inducted.................................................... 1,000......... 46 M 2,820 l6i022 1,560 ‘ 1.759
NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Fewer than 500. ‘ Union forces only. Estimates of the number serving In
Confederate forces range from 600,000 to 1.5 million. ’ Covers Dec. 1, 1941, to Deo. 31,1946. ’ Covers June 25,1950, to
July 27,1953. ‘ Covers Aug. 4,1964, to Jan. 27, 1973. ‘Covers Apr. 21 to Aug. 13,1896. ‘ Originally organized in 1907;
Established as Air Force under Armed Services Unification Act of 1947. For World War f, known as Aviation Service and included
In data for Army; for Work! War II, known as Army Air Forces and included in data for Army. ’ Included In Army. ’ Established
Jan. 28, 1915. *Army and Marines only. 10 Excludes Navy. Covers July 1950 through Jan. 1955. Far East area only.
11 During hostilities only. ‘*For periods covered, see footnotes 2, 3, 4, and 5. ‘’ Covers Jan. 1, 1961, to Jan. 27, 1973.
Source: The President's Commission on Veterans’ Pensions, V e te ra n s ' B e n e fits in th e U n ite d S ta te s , vol. 1,1956; and U.S. Dept
of Defense, unpublished data.