The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006 - by any cause.


1980 .......... 2,392 ( Carter Year )


1981 .......... 2,380 ( Reagan Year)

1984 .......... 1,999 ( Reagan Year)

1988 .......... 1,819 ( Reagan Year)


1989 .......... 1,636 ( George H W Year )

1990 .......... 1,508 ( George H W Year )

1991 .......... 1,787 ( George H W Year )

1992 .......... 1,293 ( George H W Year )


1993 .......... 1,213 ( Clinton Year)

1994 .......... 1,075 ( Clinton Year)

1995 .......... 2,465 ( Clinton Year)

1996 .......... 2,318 ( Clinton Year)

1997 ......... 817 ( Clinton Year)

1998 .......... 2,252 ( Clinton Year)

1999 .......... 1,984 ( Clinton Year)

2000 ......... 1,983 ( Clinton Year)


2001 ......... 890 ( George W Year)

2002 ......... 1,007 ( George W Year)

2003 .......... 1,410 ( George W Year)

2004 .......... 1,887 ( George W Year)

2005 ......... 919 ( George W Year)

2006........... 920 ( George W Year)

2007............ 899 ( George W Year)


Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,107 deaths

George W years (2001-2007): 7,932 deaths


If you are surprised when you look at these figures, so was I. These figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Bill Clinton's presidency; When America wasn't even involved in a war! (Unless you include Bosnia or the disgrace of Mogadishu, Somalia when Clinton failed to respond to terrorists; Remember 'Blackhawk Down'?)

And, I was even more shocked when I read that in 1980, during the reign of President (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities! From what? How?

Do you want further proof? Consider the latest census of Americans. It shows the following FACTS about the distribution of American citizens, by race:

European descent ........................ 69.12%

Hispanic......................................... 12.5%

Black ............................................. 12.3%

Asian............................................. . 3.7%

Native American......................... 1.0%

Other............................................ 2.6%


Many media lead us to feel the military death ratio is off balanced compared to the distribution by race in America . Here are the fatalities by RACE over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom. Do the comparison yourself.

European descent (white) ........... 74.31%

Hispanic.......................................... 10.74%

Black ............................................. 9.67%

Asian............................................. .. 1.81%

Native American.......................... 1.09%

Other............................................. 0.33%


(These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and

they may be confirmed by anyone at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf)