All in the numbers….

PERCENTAGE OF COMBATANTS WHO DIED IN A MAJOR CONFLICT.
* WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: 2 PERCENT (1 IN 50)

• WAR OF 1812: 0.8 PERCENT (1 IN 127)

• INDIAN WARS: 0.9 PERCENT (1 IN 106)

• MEXICAN WAR: 2.2 PERCENT (1 IN 45)

• CIVIL WAR: 6.7 PERCENT (1 IN 15)

• SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: 0.1 PERCENT (1 IN 798)

• WORLD WAR I: 1.1 PERCENT (1 IN 89)

• WORLD WAR II: 1.8 PERCENT (1 IN 56)

• KOREAN WAR: 0.6 PERCENT (1 IN 171)

• VIETNAM WAR: 0.5 PERCENT (1 IN 185)

• PERSIAN GULF WAR: 0.03 PERCENT (1 IN 3,162)