How many US military persons died in the 1941 to 1945 war against Imperial Japan?

Answer 1

Is this question concerning US Soldiers (US Army) or are you calling all servicemen "soldiers"?

World War II in the Pacific Theater was a NAVAL WAR. Consequently, the vast majority of casualties were US Naval men, which would include the US Marine Corps.

The only army casualties were US Army Air Corps flyers stationed in the Pacific and CBI theaters and the Philippines which fell under GEN MacArthur's command.

Since the Pacific Theater of Operations (aka Pacific Ocean War) was a naval war, casualties were much less than in the European Theater because massed armies couldn't operate on the surface of the water (on the surface of the ocean). Less than 60,000 US military men (all branches) were KIA in the PTO; of which approximately 14,000 were US Marines.

For example, if one US warship was sunk, like the USS Indianapolis heavy cruiser, and about 1,000 US sailors are killed, then that would equate to roughly one full US Army ground battalion or two US Army understrength battalions being lost in battle. Since the vast majority of fighting occurred under that scenario in the PTO casualties were less than the ETO theater, since only 1 or 2 or 3, etc. cruisers might be sunk (lost) during a battle in the PTO. Land battles in the PTO were almost always Regimental size fights, no Division or Army level engagements: Islands simply didn't have enough room to maneuver large armies as the ETO did.

Answer 2

100000