This is a drop in the bucket!

US war dead in Viet Nam was about 50,000! 

Mon Jul-09-07 01:07 PM
U.S. Military Losses Hit 4,000 in Iraq, Afghanistan

America’s Wars Total
Military service during war	43,185,893
Battle deaths	653,708
Other deaths in service (theater)	14,560
Other deaths in service (nontheater)	525,930
Nonmortal woundings	1,447,281
Living war veterans	17,835,0004
Living veterans	23,976,000