By: Rich Ely, Director Susquehanna County VA Office
The Susquehanna County Veterans Affairs Office remains active and continues to process claims and assist our veterans and their families. Any Veterans or their family members in need of assistance should call the VA office at (570) 278-5955. You will receive assistance in keeping with the current safety and social distancing protocols in place. Your questions will be answered and claims will be processed.
Memorial Day is traditionally the day when the nation pauses to honor and remember those service men and women that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Despite the current challenges we are facing today, we should not forget the significance of this day. Naturally many of the normal activities that take place are needing to be canceled or changed as we adjust to the pandemic.
Despite manufacturing shutdown and shortages in the state, Susquehanna County was able to obtain the necessary flags to be placed on our veteran’s graves throughout the county. This will be accomplished while maintaining the appropriate social distancing. We thank our many volunteers and organizations that make this possible. Below you will find some statistics on the wars listed and the number of our brave service members that died supporting our great nation. We are pleased to be able to continue to honor these fallen heroes because, here in Susquehanna County…. “We Value Our Vets.”
Wars ranked by total number of U.S. military deaths
|
War |
Years |
Deaths |
Deaths per day |
U.S. population in first year of war |
|
|
|
1861–65 |
750,000 |
520 |
31,443,000 |
|
|
|
1941–45 |
405,399 |
297 |
133,402,000 |
|
|
|
1917–18 |
116,516 |
279 |
103,268,000 |
|
|
|
1961–75 |
58,209 |
11 |
179,323,175 |
|
|
|
1950–53 |
54,246 |
45 |
151,325,000 |
|
|
|
1775–83 |
25,000 |
11 |
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
1812–15 |
15,000 |
15 |
8,000,000 |
|
|
|
1846–48 |
13,283 |
29 |
21,406,000 |
|
|
|
2003–11 |
4,576 |
2 |
294,043,000 |
|
|
|
1899–1902 |
4,196 |
3.8 |
72,129,001 |
|
|
|
1898 |
2,246 |
8.9 |
62,022,250 |
|
|
|
2001–present |
2,216 |
0.36 |
294,043,000 |
|
"Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities.