U.S. MILITARY KOREAN WAR STATISTICS

Department of Defense Korean War Missing in Action Database

Department of Defense Korean War Air Loss Database

Korean War Killed in Action List (by State)

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BATTLE DEAD*    33,742 (*Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the Missing Persons Act)

Killed in Action 23,615
Died of Wounds   2,459
Died While Missing (MIA)   4,821
Died While Captured (POW)   2,847
Total:     33,742

NON-BATTLE DEATHS    2,830

TOTAL DEATHS IN THEATER:    36,516

DIED ELSEWHERE (Worldwide during Korean War)   17,730

WOUNDED (Number of personnel)    92,134

WOUNDED (Number of incidences*)    103,284 (*Includes individual personnel wounded multiple times)

UNACCOUNTED FOR (Bodies not identified/bodies not recovered)   8,176

Prisoner of War 2,045
Killed in Action 1,794
Missing in Action 4,245
Non-battle      92
Total:     8,176

PRISONERS OF WAR    7,245

POWs Returned to U.S. Control 4,418
POWs Who Died While Captured 2,806
POWs Who Refused Repatriation      21
Total:     7,245

NUMBER WHO SERVED WORLDWIDE 5,720,000

NUMBER WHO SERVED IN KOREAN THEATER 1,789,000

SERVICE STATISTICS Total ARMY USAF USMC USN
Killed in Action 23, 637 19,754   198 3,321 364
Died of Wounds   2,484   1,904    16    536   28
Died While Missing (MIA)   4,759   3,317   960    385   97
Died While POW/Interned   2,806   2,753     24     26    3
TOTAL BATTLE DEAD 33,686 27,728 1,198 4,268 492
           
Prisoners of War 7,245 5,356 926 677 286

Sources: "Unaccounted For" data from: Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Office (DPMO); all other data from: Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (WHS/DIOR). Data released: June 1, 2000.

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