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U.S. Military Deaths in Major Wars

by Matt Townsend - July 31, 2008 5:38 pm EDT
Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, War Casualties

Yesterday, we created a graphic -- based on a Congressional Research Service study -- showing the cost of every major U.S. war. Today we decided to do another graphic, this one on U.S. military deaths in each war. There's a snapshot on your left. You can also look at the full graphic -- along with the option to view the number of deaths as a ratio to the U.S. population at the time. (We created the graphic using a free Web site from IBM called ManyEyes.)

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