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Second Congo War: 3–5.4 million [32] [33] [34] 1998–2003 Multiple sides Democratic Republic of the Congo Spanish conquest of New Granada: 5.25 million [35] [36] 1525–1540 Spanish Empire and Klein-Venedig vs. Muisca Confederation and other civilizations Colombia Deccan wars: 4.6–5 million [37] 1680–1707 Mughal Empire vs. Maratha ...
8 April – An aircraft identified by the crew of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Mackerel (SS-204) as a United States Army Air Forces P-38 Lightning fighter dropped four bombs which straddled Mackerel′s track while Mackerel was conducting exercises with the U.S. Navy patrol vessel USS Sapphire (PYc-2) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of ...
See also World War I casualties. da. ^ World War II Note: as of March 31, 1946, there were an estimated 286,959 dead of whom 246,492 were identified; of 40,467 who were unidentified 18,641 were located {10,986 reposed in military cemeteries and 7,655 in isolated graves} and 21,826 were reported not located. As of April 6, 1946, there were 539 ...
The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", [1] or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. It was deactivated on 24 November 1992 and reflagged as the 2nd Armored Division. [2]
Until around 1912, service personnel in most countries were not routinely issued with ID tags.As a result, if someone was killed in action and their body was not recovered until much later, there was often little or no chance of identifying the remains unless the person in question was carrying items that would identify them, or had marked their clothing or possessions with identifying ...
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in 1937 as the Second Sino-Japanese War; the other began in Europe in 1939 with the German and Soviet invasion of Poland. [2]
Stearns was the first Major League Baseball player to die in a war. [1] He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic , which means he served in the American Civil War , even though he was only 12 years old at the end of the war; children are known to have served as drummers, messengers, etc.
Killed in action, body not recovered [3] until August 2022 when he was accounted for. [271] October 26: Green, Thomas F: Private First Class: US Army: 68th ASHC: South Vietnam, Nha Trang: Gunner on CH-47B #66-19143 that crashed at sea [272] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] until August 2022 when he was accounted for. [273] October 26 ...