BATTLE DEAD*    33,686 (*Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the 
Missing Persons Act)

Killed in Action 23,637 
Died of Wounds   2,484 
Died While Missing (MIA)   4,759 
Died While Captured (POW)   2,806 
Total:      33,686 


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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