STATISTICAL DATA-WAR VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND DEATHS IN SERVICE DURING ALL WARS, THE KOREAN CONFLICT PERIOD, AND THE VIETNAM ERA; NUMBER OF LIVING VETERANS, AND VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS ON COMPENSATION AND PENSION ROLLS, OCTOBER 1, 1986 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND DEATHS IN SERVICE DURING AL WARS, THE KOREAN CONFLICT PERIOD, AND THE VIETNAM ERA NUMBER OF LIVING VETERANS, AND VETERANS AND DEPENDENT ON COMPENSATION AND PENSION ROLLS, OCTOBER 1, 1986—Continue Authoritative statistics for Confederate forces not available. Estimated 28,000 Confeders personnel died in Union prisons. Persons who served in more than one war period are counted as participants only one Includes 1,476,000 who served in World War II and Korean conflict. Includes 971,000 who served in both World War II and the Korean conflict. Includes 628,000 who served in both Korean conflict and Vietnam era. Includes 347,000 who served in both Korean conflict and Vietnam. * Includes 367,009 peacetime veterans with service between Jan. 31, 1955 and Aug. 5, 1964 E veterans with Mexican Border Service between May 9, 1916 and Apr. 5, 1917, and peacet veterans with service beginning May 7, 1975. 'Includes 14,089 children of deceased peacetime veterans. * Includes 8,089 parents of deceased peacetime and Mexican Border Service veterans. Includes 43,417 surviving spouses of deceased peacetime and Mexican Border Serv veterans. |