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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics Congressional Research Service; Louisiana State University's statistical summary of major American wars; Washington Post database of all U.S. service-member casualties Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine; CNN list of U.S. Casualties in Iraq since 2003.
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.
Mortuary Affairs is a service within the United States Army Quartermaster Corps tasked with the recovery, identification, transportation, and preparation for burial of deceased American and American-allied military personnel. The human remains of enemy or non-friendly persons are collected and returned to their respective governments or ...
This firebase was named for US Army Corporal John James Illingworth, a member of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, posthumous recipient of the Silver Star. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The firebase was first established on 17 March 1970 by the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 35 km northwest of Tây Ninh and approximately 5 km from the ...
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan through mid-2019, nearly 2,400 American servicemembers have died. [164] Additionally, 20,719 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. [3] Of the United States deaths, 1,922 have died in hostile action.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Attacks on US bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Gaza war Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives and the Eastern Syria insurgency in the Syrian civil war Top: The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS ...
13 July – The U.S. Navy submarine USS S-16 (SS-121) was patrolling on the surface in the Caribbean Sea off Panama when she suffered damage from bombs accidentally dropped near her by United States Army Air Forces planes attacking the German U-boat U-153. The damage prevented S-16 from diving, and she proceeded to port on the surface. [115]
A Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk, operated by the United States Army, collided mid-air with a Bombardier CRJ701ER, operated by PSA Airlines on behalf of American Airlines, over the Potomac river near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. The 64 occupants in the CRJ701 and the 3 crew members on board the Sikorsky UH-60L died in ...