After the outbreak of Korean War on 25 June 1950, 16 countries (deploying / arrival order): United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, France, New Zealand, Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, South Africa, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ethiopia and Colombia provided combat troops for South Korea and they organized the United Nations Forces .[1]
Instruction
Source of statistics in this article is the official book about Korean War statistics published by South Korean Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History in June 2014.[2] [3]
Statistics in this article may differ from the statistics of each countries.
United States
Units:
Deployment: 27 June 1950 (Air Force , Navy ), 1 July 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 5 July 1950
Withdrawal: October 1954 (main force)
Participants: Total about 1,789,000
Casualties
As of 2023, MIAs and Unaccounted Remains : 7,428[4]
As of 2022, according to the list of Wall of Remembrance in the Korean War Veterans Memorial , killed soldiers were 36,634.[5] [6] But this figure fluctuate depending on the ongoing correction of list.[7] [8]
As of 2021, United States Department of Veterans Affairs [9]
Killed: 36,574 (Battle Deaths : 33,739, Other Deaths: 2,835)
Wounded: 103,284
As of 2014
Deaths and Woundings
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Total
Total Killed (a+b+c+d+e)
27,728
1,198
492
4,268
36,516
Killed in action (a)
19,754
198
364
3,321
23,637
Killed in Wounding (b)
1,904
16
28
536
2,484
Killed in Missing (c)
3,317
960
97
385
4,759
Killed in POW Camps (d)
2,753
24
3
26
2,806
Other Deathes (e) (Non-battle Deaths)
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2,830
Wounded
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92,134[a] 103,284[b]
POWs and MIAs
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Total
Total POWs and MIAs (a+b+c+d)
8,123
Total captured POWs (a+b+c)
5,356
926
286
677
7,245
Killed in POW Camps (a)
2,753
24
3
26
2,806
Living POWs (Returned ) (b)
4,418
Living POWs (Defectors ) (c)
21
Unaccounted (d)
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931
^ Counted as the 1 person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings
^ Counted as the each person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
Many Mexicans and Puerto Ricans served in the United States Army during the Korean War.