This page was last updated on 24 July 2010.

From this page you will learn some lesser known facts that are hard to locate elsewhere without doing a lot of research yourself. As I add info to this site I will create other pages with info.

To begin with here is a list showing quantities of US female casualties during wartimes and some peacetime deaths. It has been compiled by Noonie Fortin and is up-to-date as of 4 July 2010. Further information about these women can be found on Noonie's personal site on her IN MEMORY pages there:

Killed in Afghanistan:

2002:   3 military        0 civilian         3 total

2003:   1 military        0 civilian         1 total

2004:   1 military        1 civilian         2 total

2005:   3 military        3 civilians        6 total

2006:   3 military        0 civilian         3 total

2007:   2 military        2 civilians        4 total

2008:   1 military        1 civilian         2 total

2009:   6 military        3 civilian         9 total

Total   20 military     10 civilians       30 total a/o 4 Jul 10

Killed in Iraq:

2003:   12 military      1 civilian         13 total

2004:   18 military      3 civilians        21 total

2005:   18 military      5 civilians        23 total

2006:   16 military      1 civilian         17 total

2007:   27 military      2 civilians        29 total

2008:   11 military      1 civilian         12 total

2009:   3 military        0 civilian         3 total

2010:   5 military        0 civilian         5 total

Total   110 military    13 civilians      123 total a/o 4 Jul 10

Killed in Other Areas since Desert Storm:

1990:   1 military        0 civilian

1999:   1 military        0 civilian

2000:   2 military        0 civilian

2006:   2 military        0 civilian

2008:   2 military        1 civilian

2009:   7 military        0 civilian

Total   15 military      1 civilian         16 total a/o 23 Nov 09

Killed in The Pentagon or onboard planes 11 Sep 01:

2001:   9 military        40 civilians

2007:   0 military        1 civilian

Total   9 military        41 civilians      50 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing:

1995:   4 military        7 civilians

Total   4 military        7 civilians        11 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm:

1991:   15 military      0 civilian

Total   15 military      0 civilian         15 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed in Gander, Newfoundland plane crash:

1985:   3 military        5 civilians

Total   3 military        5 civilians        8 total a/o 12 Dec 85

Killed in Vietnam:

1962:   0 military        1 civilian

1963:   0 military        1 civilian

1964:   0 military        1 civilian

1965:   0 military        2 civilians

1966:   2 military        1 civilian

1967:   2 military        3 civilians

1968:   2 military        5 civilians

1969:   1 military        2 civilians

1970:   0 military        2 civilians

1971:   0 military        2 civilians

1972:   0 military        2 civilians

1975:   1 military        38 civilians

Total   8 military        60 civilians      68 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed during Korean War:

1950:   14 military      0 civilian

1951:   1 military        0 civilian

1952:   2 military        0 civilian

Total   17 military      0 civilian         17 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed during World War II:

1943:   12 military      2 civilians

1944:   40 military      3 civilians

1945:   49 military      1 civilian

Total  101 military      6 civilians        107 total a/o 4 Jul 10

Killed during World War I:

1917:   2 military        0 civilian

1918:   0 military        3 civilians

Total   2 military        3 civilians        5 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed during Spanish-American War:

1898:   0 military        21 civilians

1899:   0 military        1 civilian

Total   0 military        22 civilians      22 total a/o 1 Jan 09

Killed during Civil War:

1863:   0 military        6 civilians

Total   0 military        6 civilians        6 total a/o 1 Jan 09