17,376 were Killed In Action
1,682 died later of wounds incurred during the war
510 died as POWs
19,568 Total Marines died in World War II
10063 were discharged from the service because of their wounds.
24,511 U.S. Marines died during World War II. 68,207 WIA. Highest death rate of all U.S. Services at 3.66% killed. SEMPER FI
Branch Number Served Percent Killed
U.S. Army= 7,860,000 2.8% killed
U.S. Army Air Forces= 3,400,000 2.5% killed
U.S Army Total= 11,260,000
U.S. Coast Guard= 241,093 0.78% killed
U.S. Marine Corps 669,100 3.66% killed
U.S. Merchant Marine 243,000 3.9% killed
20,000 ; approximately . ~ see related link below .
Bearing in mind, that the USMC is part of the US Navy, just as the US Army Air Corps was part of the US Army during WWII; the Marine "Corps" was roughly 1/2 million men during WWII.
600,000
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During World War II male marines often referred to female marines as being BAMs which stood for BROAD ASSED MARINES. The female marines returned the favor by referring to male marines as HAMs which stood for HAIRY ASSED MARINES.
Minimum height US marines
During WWII 416,800 American soldiers died. During the war 2.5 per cent of the entire worlds population died between 1939 and 1945.
they do not know how many Navy people died in the war
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Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War; approximately 14,838 US Marines died in Vietnam.
Since the USMC was set up after WW 1, there were no Marine casualties in WW1.
I have numerous books on D-Day which say US Marines did not fight there. All 4 Marine divisions were active in the Pacific at that
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During World War II male marines often referred to female marines as being BAMs which stood for BROAD ASSED MARINES. The female marines returned the favor by referring to male marines as HAMs which stood for HAIRY ASSED MARINES.
Minimum height US marines
World War 1: estimates are 52,000 World War 2: estimates are 262,000
In the First World War, about 703,000 UK soldiers died. About 383,000 died in the Second World War.
About 320,518 died in WW1 and about 500,000 died in WW2
Roughly 116,000 Americans died in World War I.
ZERO, that was the army