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Trumpeter Miles Davis in 1989. Davis was one of the key innovators of jazz fusion, a genre of music which developed in the late 1960s by blending the improvised solos of jazz with the rhythms and amplified electric instruments of rock music.
Jazz improvisation, which is the making up of new melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts, is a key aspect of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, in which a singer or instrumentalist invents solo melodies and lines over top of a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, electric guitar, double bass, etc.) and also accompanied by drum kit. While blues, rock and other genres also use improvisation, the improvisation in these non-jazz genres typically is done over relatively simple chord progressions which often stay in one key (or closely related keys using the circle of fifths, such as a song in C Major modulating to G Major).
Along with serious or art music, jazz improvisation is distinguished from other genres use of this approach by the high level of chordal complexity in jazz, often with one or more chord changes per bar, altered chords, extended chords, tritone substitution, unusual chords (e.g., augmented chords), and extensive use of ii-V-I progressions, all of which typically move through multiple keys within a single song. However, since the release of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, jazz improvisation has also come to be associated with modal harmony and improvisation over static key centers, while the emergence of 1950s-era free jazz has opened up a much wider variety of styles of jazz improvisation, such as "free blowing", in which the soloists improvise freely and ignore the chord changes.
Contents
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1 Types
1.1 Soloing
1.2 Accompaniment
2 Soloing techniques
2.1 Melodic variation and playing "by ear"
2.2 Modes
2.3 Targeting
2.4 "Flat 9" theory
2.5 Pentatonics
2.6 Cells and lines
2.7 Phrasing
3 Sociology
4 Sources
5 External links
Types[edit]
Jazz improvisation can be divided into soloing and accompaniment.
Soloing[edit]
When soloing (also called "blowing"), a performer (instrumentalist or singer) creates a new melodic line to fit a song or tune's chord progression. During a solo, the performer who is playing the solo is the main focus of the audience's attention. The other members of the group typically accompany the solo, except for some drum solos or bass solos in which the entire band may stop while the drummer or bassist performs. When a singer improvises a new melody over chord changes, it is called "scat singing". When singers are scat-singing, they typically use made-up syllables ("doo-bie-bo-ba"), rather than use the lyrics of the song. Soloing is often associated with instrumental or vocal virtuosity; while many artists do use advanced techniques in their solos, this is not always done. For example, some 1940s and 1950s-era bass solos consist of the bassist playing a walking bassline.
There are a number of approaches to improvising jazz solos. During the Swing and big band era, performers typically improvised solos by ear, by using riffs and variations on the tune's existing melody. During the Bebop era in the 1940s, jazz composers began writing much more complex chord progressions. As a result, in the Bebop era, soloists like sax player Charlie Parker began soloing using the scales and arpeggios associated with the chords in the chord progression.
Accompaniment[edit]
In jazz, when one instrumentalist or singer is doing a solo, the other ensemble members play accompaniment parts. While fully written-out accompaniment parts are used in large jazz ensembles, such as big bands, in small groups (e.g., jazz quartet, piano trio, organ trio, etc.), the rhythm section members typically improvise their accompaniment parts, an activity called "comping". In jazz, the instruments in the rhythm section depend on the type of group, but they usually include a bass instrument (double bass, electric bass), one or more instruments capable of playing chords (e.g., piano, electric guitar) and drum kit. Some ensembles may use different instruments in these roles. For example, an 1920s-style Dixieland jazz band may use tuba as a bass instrument and banjo as the chordal instrument. A 1980s-era jazz-rock fusion band may use synth bass for the bassline and a synthesizer for chords. Some bands add one or more percussionists.
In small groups, the rhythm section members typically improvise (make up) their accompaniment parts. Bass instrument players improvise a bassline using the chord progression as a guide. Common styles of bass comping parts include a walking bassline for 1920s-1950s jazz; rock-style ostinato riffs for jazz-rock fusion; and Latin basslines for Latin jazz. Improvised basslines typically outline the harmony of each chord by playing the root, third, seventh and fifth of each chord, and playing any other notes that the composer has requested in the chord (e.g., if the chord chart indicates a sixth chord on the tonic in C Major, the bassist might include the sixth degree of the C Major scale, an "A" note, in her/his bassline).
The chordal instrument players improvise chords based on the chord progression. Chordal instrument players use jazz chord voicings that are different from those used in popular music and Classical music from the Common Practice Period. For example, if a pop musician or Baroque music era (ca. 1600-1750) were asked to play a dominant seventh chord in the key of C Major, they would probably play a root position chord named G7 (or "G dominant seventh"), which consists of the notes G, B, D and F, which are the root, third, fifth and flat seventh of the G chord. A post-Bebop era jazz player who was asked to play a dominant seventh chord in the key of C Major might play an altered dominant chord built on G. An altered dominant contains flattened or sharpened "extensions" in addition to the basic elements of the chord. As well, in jazz, chordal musicians often omit the root, as this role is given to the bass player. The fifth of the chord is often omitted as well, if it is a perfect fifth above the root (as is the case in regular major chords and minor chords.
The altered extensions played by a jazz guitarist or jazz pianist on an altered dominant chord on G might include (at the discretion of the performer) a flatted ninth Ab (a ninth scale degree flattened by one semitone); a sharp eleventh C# (an eleventh scale degree raised by one semitone) and a flattened thirteenth Eb (a thirteenth scale degree lowered by one semitone). If the chordal playing musician were to omit the root and fifth of the dominant seventh chord (the G and D) and keep the third (B) and flatted seventh (F), and add the altered tones just listed (Ab, C# and Eb), the resulting chord would be the pitches B, C#, Eb, F, Ab, which is a much different-sounding chord than the standard G7 played by a pop musician (G, B, D, F). In Classical harmony and in pop music, chord voicings often double the root to emphasize the foundation of the chord progression.
Soloing techniques[edit]
Melodic variation and playing "by ear"[edit]
From the Dixieland era through to the swing music era, many solo performers improvised by varying and embellishing the existing melody of a song and by "playing by ear" over the chord changes using well-known riffs. While this approach worked well during these musical eras, given that the chord progressions were simpler and used less modulation to unusual keys, with the development of Bebop in the 1940s, the embellishment and "playing by ear" approach was no longer enough.
While Dixieland and swing music were both designed for the enjoyment of listeners, and in the case of swing, for dancers, bebop was more of a "musician's music", designed for listening. While there are important bebop tunes with vocals and lyrics, many of the most important bebop tunes are instrumentals. Bebop used complex chord progressions, unusual altered chords and extended chords, and extensive modulations, including to remote keys that are not closely related to the tonic key (the "main" key or "home key" of a song). Whereas Dixieland and swing tunes might have one chord change every two bars with some sections with one chord change per bar, bebop tunes often had two chord changes per bar with many changing key every four bars. In addition, since Bebop was written for listening rather than dancing, the tempi were not constrained by the need for danceability; as a result, bebop tunes were often faster than those of the swing era.
With bebop's complex tunes and chords and fast tempi, melodic embellishments and "playing by ear" were no longer sufficient to enable performers to improvise effectively. Leading bebop soloists such as saxophone player Charlie Parker began to solo by using scales associated with the chords, including altered extensions such as flatted ninths, sharp elevenths and flatted thirteenths, and by using the chord tones and themselves as a framework for the creation of chromatic improvisation.
Modes[edit]
Main article: Mode (music)
See also: Chord-scale system
Modes are all the different musical scales and may be thought of as being derived from various chords. Musicians can use these "modes" as a pool of available notes. For example, if a musician comes across a C7 chord in a tune, the mode to play over this chord is a "C mixolydian" scale.
These are various chord derivations that help musicians know which chord is associated with a certain scale or mode:
C7 → C mixolydian
C-7 → C dorian
Cmaj7 → C Ionian (natural major)
Cmaj7♯4 → C Lydian mode
Csus♭9 → C phrygian
C- → C Aeolian mode (natural minor)
Cø/C-7♭5 → C Locrian
See also: Jazz chord
Targeting[edit]
One of the key concepts of improvisation in Bebop and subsequent jazz eras is targeting, a technique used by sax player and composer Charlie Parker.[1] The main idea of targeting in solo improvisation is "landing" on the tones of a chord. A chord is built up of a root (1st) and the notes a 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th above the root in the scale. There are a number of ways to target a chord tone. The first is by ascending or descending chromatic approach (chromatic targeting). This means playing the note a semitone above or below one of the chord tones. In the key of C, the notes in the tonic chord are C(1st or root of chord), E(3rd), G(5th), and B(7th). So by playing an E flat at the end of a line then resolving (moving up a semitone) to an E, this would be one basic example of targeting and would be targeting the third of the chord (E♮). This may be used with any factor of any type of chord, but rhythm is played so that the chord tones fall on the downbeats.[1]
In Bebop melodic improvisation, targeting often focused on the 9th, 11th and 13th of the chord - the 'color tones' - before resolving later in the phrase to a 7th chord tone. In bebop the 9th, 11th and 13th notes were often altered by adding sharps or flats to these notes. Ninths could be flatted or sharpened. Elevenths were typically played sharpened. Thirteenths were often played flat. Enclosure is the use of scale tone(s) above the targeted note and chromatic tone(s) below, or scale tone(s) below and chromatic tone(s) above.[2]
"Flat 9" theory[edit]
Main article: Flat nine chord
Another technique in jazz improvisation, used by Charlie Parker and most great jazz soloists,[3] is known as the "three to flat nine" (these numbers refer to degrees of the scale above the root note of a given chord in a chord progression). This is a very bebop approach to improvisation, similar to targeting. This technique can be used over any dominant chord that can be treated as a flat nine (b9) dominant chord. It entails moving from the third of a dominant chord, to the flat nine of a dominant chord, by skipping directly to the ninth, or by a diminished arpeggio (ascending: 3rd, 5th 7th, ♭9th). The chord often resolves to a major chord a perfect fourth away. For example, the third of a G7 chord is B, while the flat ninth is A♭. The chord resolves to C and the note A♭ leads to G.[3]
Pentatonics[edit]
Main article: Pentatonic scale § Major pentatonic scale
Pentatonic scales are also commonly used in jazz improvisation, drawing perhaps from their use in the blues. Saxophone player John Coltrane used pentatonics extensively. Most scales are made up of seven notes: (in the key of C – the major scale) C D E F G A B). The major pentatonic scale comprises only five notes of the major scale (C pentatonic scale is C D E G A), whereas the minor pentatonic scale comprises the five notes (C E♭ F G B♭). Pentatonics are useful in pattern form and that is how they are usually played. One pattern using the pentatonic scale could be 3 6 5 2 3 5 (in C: E A G D E G). Pentatonic scales also become popular in rock music, jazz fusion and electric blues.
Cells and lines[edit]
Main article: Lick (music)
Lines (also known as licks) are pre-planned ideas the artist plays over and over during an improvised solo. Lines can be obtained by listening to jazz records and transcribing what the professionals play during their solos. Transcribing is putting what you hear in a record onto music paper. Cells are short musical ideas. They are basically the same things as lines, but they are shorter.
Phrasing[edit]
Main article: Phrase (music)
Phrasing is a very important part of jazz players' set of improvisational skills. Instead of just playing a sequence of scale and chord notes that would work based on the chords, harmony, etc., the player builds an idea based on a melodic motif or a rhythmic motif. The player in effect extemporizes a new melody for a tune's chord progression. Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, who is considered to be an exemplar of jazz improvisation, paid special attention to the beginning and ending of his solos where he placed signature patterns that he developed over the years.[4] The middle part of his solos used more extemporaneous material that was created in the moment. This shows a developed style of musical phrasing where the shape of the melody has a logical conclusion. With his strong beginning, Parker was free to create solos that demonstrated musical phrasing, and led to a logical and memorable conclusion. Examples of this motif-based approach in a compositional context are found in classical music. In Beethoven's fifth symphony, the first rhythmic and melodic idea is played again with many variations.[4]
Sociology[edit]
Eugene W. Holland has proposed jazz improvisation as a model for social and economic relations in general.[5][6] Edward W. Sarath has proposed jazz improvisation as a model for change in music, education, and society.[7]
Sources[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Christiansen, Corey (2001). Essential Jazz Lines: The Style of Charlie Parker, p.15. ISBN 9780786660735.
Jump up ^ Christiansen (2001), p.16.
^ Jump up to: a b Christiansen (2001), p.6.
^ Jump up to: a b Bash, L. (1991). Improving improvisation. Music Educators Journal, 78(2), 44.
Jump up ^ Holland, Eugene W. (2008). "Jazz Improvisation: Music of the People-to-Come". Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New, Simon O'Sullivan & Stephen Zepke, Eds.: 196–205.
Jump up ^ Holland, Eugene W. (2004). "Studies in Applied Nomadology: Jazz Improvisation and Post-Capitalist Markets". Deleuze and Music, Ian Buchanan & Marcel Swiboda, Eds.: 20–35.
Jump up ^ Sarath, Edward W. (2014). Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness: Jazz as Integral Template for Music, Education, and Society. SUNY series in Integral Theory. ISBN 978-1438447223.
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Someday Soon (Ian Tyson song)
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"Someday Soon"
Song by Ian & Sylvia
from the album Northern Journey
Language
English
Recorded
1964
Genre
Western
Length
2:18
Label
Vanguard
Songwriter(s)
Ian Tyson
Producer(s)
Unknown
Northern Journey track listing
"Nova Scotia Farewell"
(6) "Someday Soon"
(7) "Little Beggarman"
(8)
"Someday Soon" is a song composed by Canadian singer/songwriter Ian Tyson. He recorded the song with his wife, Sylvia Tyson, as the duo Ian & Sylvia in 1964. Although this version was not released as a single, the song has been recorded by Judy Collins, Moe Bandy and Suzy Bogguss, all of whom had chart success with it. Collins's version was issued as a single to the pop format, while Bandy's and Bogguss's versions were hit singles on country music radio.
The song has also been recorded by the Kingston Trio in its 1965 Decca album The Kingston Trio (Nick-Bob-John), Tanya Tucker on her 1975 eponymous LP, Crystal Gayle, on her popular 1978 album When I Dream, the Canadian alternative country band One Hundred Dollars, on their 2008 album Forest Of Tears, and Lynn Anderson on her 1970 album "Stay There Till I Get There".
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1]
Contents
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1 Ian & Sylvia's original recording
2 Judy Collins version
2.1 Chart performance
3 Chris LeDoux version
4 Moe Bandy version
4.1 Chart performance
5 Suzy Bogguss version
5.1 Chart performance
6 References
Ian & Sylvia's original recording[edit]
Ian Tyson first recorded this song while married to, and musical partner with, Sylvia Tyson in 1964 on the album Northern Journey.[2] Of Ian Tyson, Richie Unterberger described this version as "clearly point[ing] toward his future C&W/cowboy direction."[2]
Judy Collins version[edit]
"Someday Soon"
Single by Judy Collins
from the album Who Knows Where the Time Goes
B-side
"My Father"[3]
Released
early 1969
Format
7" single
Genre
Folk
Length
3:43
Label
Elektra #45649
Songwriter(s)
Ian Tyson
Producer(s)
David Anderle
Judy Collins singles chronology
"Both Sides Now"
(1968) "Someday Soon"
(1969) "Chelsea Morning"
(1969)
"Both Sides Now"
(1968) "Someday Soon"
(1969) "Chelsea Morning"
(1969)
In 1969, Judy Collins recorded the song for her album Who Knows Where the Time Goes. Released as a single in 1969, it spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #55.[3] In Canada, her version reached #37 on the Top Singles chart published by RPM.
Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic described Collins's rendition favorably, calling it "one of the great story-songs of the 1960s" and praising Collins's vocals.[4]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1969)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 55
Canadian RPM Top Singles[6] 37
Chris LeDoux version[edit]
"Someday Soon"
Song by Chris LeDoux
from the album Rodeo Songs "Old and New"
Language
English
Recorded
1973
Genre
Western
Length
2:30
Label
American Cowboy Songs
Songwriter(s)
Ian Tyson
Producer(s)
Unknown
Rodeo Songs "Old and New" track listing
"Re-Ride"
(8) "Someday Soon"
(9) "National Finals Rodeo"
(10)
In 1973, Chris LeDoux recorded the song for his album "Rodeo Songs "Old and New"", released in 1973 through "American Cowboy Songs". The album was reissued by Liberty Records on September 10, 1991.
Moe Bandy version[edit]
"Someday Soon"
Single by Moe Bandy
from the album Rodeo Romeo
B-side
"She's Playin' Hard to Forget"[7]
Released
1982
Format
7" single
Genre
Country
Length
3:09
Label
Columbia #02735
Songwriter(s)
Ian Tyson
Producer(s)
Ray Baker
Moe Bandy singles chronology
"Rodeo Romeo"
(1981) "Someday Soon"
(1982) "She's Not Really Cheatin' (She's Just Gettin' Even)"
(1982)
"Rodeo Romeo"
(1981) "Someday Soon"
(1982) "She's Not Really Cheatin' (She's Just Gettin' Even)"
(1982)
In 1982, country music singer Moe Bandy covered the song on his album Rodeo Romeo for Columbia Records. It was the second and final single from that album. This version entered the country music charts in the U.S. and Canada, respectively reaching #21 and #36.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1982)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 21
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[9] 36
Suzy Bogguss version[edit]
"Someday Soon"
Single by Suzy Bogguss
from the album Aces
B-side
"Fear of Flying"[10]
Released
September 4, 1991
Format
CD single
Genre
Country
Length
3:56
Label
Liberty #44772
Songwriter(s)
Ian Tyson
Producer(s)
Suzy Bogguss
Jimmy Bowen
Suzy Bogguss singles chronology
"Hopelessly Yours"
(1991) "Someday Soon"
(1991) "Outbound Plane"
(1992)
"Hopelessly Yours"
(1991) "Someday Soon"
(1991) "Outbound Plane"
(1992)
Suzy Bogguss charted a recording of the song in 1991, from her album Aces on Liberty Records. It was released in September as the first single from that album, spending twenty weeks on the country singles charts and peaking at #12.[10] The song also reached #16 on the RPM Country Tracks charts.
Bryan Buss of Allmusic described Bogguss's rendition as the "second strongest cut" on Aces, saying that her vocal performance "makes Bogguss an artist and not just a vocalist."[11]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1991)
Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[12] 16
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 12
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Unterberger, Richie. "Northern Journey review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2006). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2006. Record Research, Inc. p. 185. ISBN 0-89820-172-1.
Jump up ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
Jump up ^ "Judy Collins Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "RPM Top Singles for February 17, 1969". RPM. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 41. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
Jump up ^ "Moe Bandy Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Jump up ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 5, 1982". RPM. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn 2008, p. 53
Jump up ^ Buss, Bryan. "Aces review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1694." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 14, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Suzy Bogguss Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney (2007)
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This article lists the United States of America's military dead, wounded, and missing person totals for wars and major deployments.
Contents
[hide]
1 Overview
2 Wars ranked by total number of American military deaths
3 Wars ranked by American combat deaths
4 Notes
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Overview[edit]
War or Conflict
Date
Total U.S. Deaths
Wounded
Total U.S. Casualties
Missing
Sources & Notes
Combat
Other
Total
American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 8,000 17,000 25,000 25,000 50,000
Northwest Indian War 1785–1796 1,056+ 1,056+ 825+ 1,881+ [1][2][3]
Quasi-War 1798–1800 20 494[4] 514 42 556 [4][5]
First Barbary War 1801–1805 35 39 74 64 138 [6][7]:25–27[8][9]
Other actions against pirates 1800–1900 36 158+[7]:42 194+ 100+ 294+ [5][10][11][b]
Chesapeake–Leopard Affair 1807 3 0 3 18 21 [5]
War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 12,740~ 15,000~ 4,505 20,000~ [12]
Nuka Hiva Campaign 1813–1814 5 0 5 11 16 [7]:34–38
Creek War 1813–1814 575 [13]
Second Barbary War 1815 4 134[14] 10 148 [15]
First Seminole War 1817–1818 47 0 47 36 83 [16]
First Sumatran Expedition 1832 2 2 11 13 [5]
Black Hawk War 1832 47 258[17][18] 305 85 390 [19]
Second Seminole War 1835–1842 328 1,207 1,535
Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 17,435 [20]
Cayuse War 1847–1856 40 1 41 74 115 [21]
Rogue River Wars 1851–1856 190 6 196 293 489 [22]
Yakima War 1855–1856 32 2 34 92 126 [23]
Third Seminole War 1855–1858 26 26 27 53 [24]
Second Opium War 1856–1860 12 12 39 51 [7]
Coeur d'Alene War 1858 36 36 60 96 [25]
Civil War: total 1861–1865 214,938 400K-500K 750,000~ [26] [c][27]
Union 140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 646,392 [28]
Confederate 74,524–94,000[29] 225,000~ 299,524~
Dakota War of 1862
(Little Crow's War) 1862 70–113 70–113 150 220–263 [30][31][32]
Shimonoseki Straits 1863 4–5[5][33] 0 4–5 6[5] 10 [5][33]
Snake Indian War 1864–1868 30 30 128 158 [23]
Indian Wars 1865–1898 919 1,025 [20]
Red Cloud's War 1866–1868 126 126 100 226 [34][35][36]
Korea (Shinmiyangyo) 1871 3 3 9 12 [37]
Modoc War 1872–1873 56 56 88 144 [38][39]
Great Sioux War 1875–1877 314 314 211 525 [40][41]
Nez Perce War 1877 134 134 157 291 [42][43]
Bannock War 1878 12 0 12 22 34 [44][45]
Ute War 1879 15 0 15 52 67 [44][46]
Sheepeater Indian War 1879 1 1 10 11 [44]
Samoan crisis 1887–1889 0 62 62 62 [47]
Ghost Dance War 1890–1891 35 35 64 99 [48][49]
Sugar Point
Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians 1898 7 0 7 16 23 0 [50]
Spanish–American War 1898 385 2,061 2,446 1,622 4,068 [20]
Philippine–American War 1898–1913 1,020 3,176 4,196 2,930 7,126 [20]
Boxer Rebellion 1900–1901 68 63 131 204 335 0 [51]
Santo Domingo Affair 1904 1 0 1 2 3 [5]
United States occupation of Nicaragua 1910, 1912–1925, 1927–1933 90 69 159 290 449 [52][53][54]
Mexican Revolution 1914–1919 120 61 181 319 500 [55]
Occupation of Haiti 1915–1934 10 138 148 26+ 184+ [5][56]
World War I 1917–1918 53,402 63,114 116,516 204,002 320,518 3,350 [20][d]
North Russia Campaign 1918–1920 424 [57]
American Expeditionary Force Siberia 1918–1920 160 168 328 52+ 380+ [7]:228
China 1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937 5 78 83 [52]
World War II 1941–1945 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 1,076,245 30,314 [20]See Note DA below
Greek Civil War 1944-1949 1 5 6 6 [58]
Chinese Civil War 1945–1950 14 150 164 51 215 [58]
Berlin Blockade 1948–1949 31 [59]
Korean War 1950–1953 33,686 2,830 36,516 92,134 128,650 4,759 Note: 4,759 MIA-See Note E below
U.S.S.R. Cold War 1947–1991 32 12 44 [52]
China Cold War 1950–1972 16 16 [52]
Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,424 10,785 58,209 153,303 211,454 1,603 [20][60] Note as of 1 September 2017 Vietnam MIA Are 1,603
1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 1 5 6 1+ 7+
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 4 4 4 [61]
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 1 19 20 20 [58]
Dominican Republic 1965–1966 27 20 47 283 330 [52][58][62]
USS Liberty incident 1967 34 34 171
Iran 1980 0 8 8 4 12 0 [63]
El Salvador Civil War 1980–1992 22 15 37 35 [64][65][66][67]
Beirut deployment 1982–1984 256 266 169 [68]
Persian Gulf escorts 1987–1988 39 0 39 31
Invasion of Grenada 1983 18 1 19 119 [68]
1986 Bombing of Libya 1986 2 0 2 0 2 [69]
Invasion of Panama 1989 23 40 324 [68]
Gulf War 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 0[70] [71]
Operation Provide Comfort 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23 [72][73]
Somalia 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 [68]
Haiti 1994–1995 1 4 3 [68]
Colombia 1994–present 0 8[74][75] 8 [76]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1995–2004 1 11 12 [77]
Kosovo War 1998–1999 4 14 18 N/A 18+ 2 [78]
Afghanistan War 2001–present 1,954* 471 2,356 18,675 20,904 0 [f][79][80]
Iraq War 2003–2011 3,836* 961 4,497 32,222 36,710 2 [79]
Operation Inherent Resolve 2014– 4 11 14 17 28 1 [81]
Raid on Yemen 2017 1 3 [82]
Total 1775–present 666,441+ 673,929+ 1,354,664+ 1,498,240+ 2,852,901+ 40,917+
Wars ranked by total number of American military deaths[edit]
Rank
War
Years
Deaths
Deaths per Day
US Population in First Year of War
Deaths per Population
1 American Civil War 1861–65 750,000[26] 420 31,443,000 2.385% (1860)
2 World War II 1941–45 405,399 297 133,402,000 0.307% (1940)
3 World War I 1917–18 116,516 279 103,268,000 0.110% (1920)
4 Vietnam War 1961–75 58,209 11 179,323,175 0.032% (1970)
5 Korean War 1950–53 54,246 45 151,325,000 0.036% (1950)
6 American Revolutionary War 1775–83 25,000 11 2,500,000 1.00% (1780)
7 War of 1812 1812–15 15,000 15 8,000,000 0.207% (1810)
8 Mexican–American War 1846–48 13,283 29 21,406,000 0.057% (1850)
9 Iraq War/Afghanistan Wars 2001– 2014 7,222 2 294,043,000 0.002% (2010)
10 Philippine–American War 1899–1902 4,196 3.8 72,129,001 0.006% (1900)
"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. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.
Total American Deaths by War
Civil War
750,000
World War II
405,399
World War I
116,516
Vietnam
58,209
Korean War
54,246
Revolutionary
25,000
War of 1812
15,000
Mexican American
13,283
Iraq/Afghanistran Wars* present
7,222
Philippine–American War
4,196
Wars ranked by American combat deaths[edit]
Rank
War
Years
Deaths
1 World War II 1941–45 291,557
2 American Civil War 1861–65 212,938
3 World War I 1917–18 53,402
4 Vietnam War 1955–75 47,424
5 Korean War 1950–53 33,746
6 American Revolutionary War 1775–83 8,000
7 Iraq War/Afghanistan Wars 2001–2014 5,650 [83]
8 War of 1812 1812–15 2,260
9 Mexican–American War 1846–48 1,733
10 Second Seminole War 1835–1842 1,500+
American Combat Deaths by War
World War II
291,557
American Civil War
212,938
World War I
53,402
Vietnam
47,424
Korean War
33,746
American Revolutionary War
8,000
Iraq/Afghanistan Wars*
5,650
War of 1812
2,260
Mexican American War
1,733
Second Seminole War
1,500
Notes[edit]
a. ^ Revolutionary War: All figures from the Revolutionary War are rounded estimates. Commonly cited casualty figures provided by the Department of Defense are 4,435 killed and 6,188 wounded, although the original government report that generated these numbers warned that the totals were incomplete and far too low.[84] In 1974, historian Howard Peckham and a team of researchers came up with a total of 6,824 killed in action and 8,445 wounded. Because of incomplete records, Peckham estimated that this new total number of killed in action was still about 1,000 too low.[85] Military historian John Shy subsequently estimated the total killed in action at 8,000, and argued that the number of wounded was probably far higher, about 25,000.[86] The "other" deaths are primarily from disease, including prisoners who died on British prison ships.
b. ^ Other Actions Against Pirates: Includes actions fought in the West Indies, the Greek Isles, off of Louisiana, China and Vietnam. Other deaths resulted from disease and accidents.
c. ^ Civil War: All Union casualty figures, and Confederate killed in action, from The Oxford Companion to American Military History except where noted (NPS figures).[20] estimate of total Confederate dead from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1988), 854. Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000.[26] 148 of the Union dead were U.S. Marines.[87]
CA. ^ Civil War April 2, 2012 Doctor David Hacker after extensive research offered new casualty rates higher by 20%; his work has been accepted by the academic community and is represented here.
d. ^ World War I figures include expeditions in North Russia and Siberia. See also World War I casualties
da.^ World War II Note: as of March 31, 1946 there were an estimated 286,959 dead of whom 246,492 were identified; of 40,467 who were unidentified 18,641 were located {10,986 reposed in military cemeteries and 7,655 in isolated graves} and 21,826 were reported not located. As of April 6, 1946 there were 539 American Military Cemeteries which contained 241,500 dead. Note the American Battle Monuments Commission database for the World War II reports that in 18 ABMC Cemeteries total of 93,238 buried and 78,979 missing and that "The World War II database on this web site contains the names of those buried at our cemeteries, or listed as Missing in Action, buried or lost at sea. It does not contain the names of the 233,174 Americans returned to the United States for burial..." Similarly, the ABMC Records do not cover inter-War deaths such as the Port Chicago disaster in which 320 died. As of July 2017 total of US World War II casualties {Military and Civilian} not recovered is 73,018[88]
e. ^ Korean War: Note:[20] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War. This includes all losses worldwide. Since the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. honors all U.S. Military who lost their lives during the War, we have tried to obtain the names of those who died in other areas besides Korea during the period June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954, one year after the Korean Armistice...". {For a breakdown of Worldwide casualties of 54,246 see The Korean War educator at [89] gives figures as In-theatre/non theater} After their retreat in 1950, dead Marines and soldiers were buried at a temporary gravesite near Hungnam, North Korea. During "Operation Glory" which occurred from July to November 1954 the dead of each side were exchanged; remains of 4,167 US soldiers/Marines were exchanged for 13,528 North Korean/Chinese dead.[90] After "Operation Glory" 416 Korean War "unknowns" were buried in the Punchbowl Cemetery. According to a DPMO white paper [91] 1,394 names were also transmitted during "Operation Glory" from the Chinese and North Koreans, of whom 858 names proved to be correct; of the 4,167 returned remains were found to be 4,219 individuals of whom 2,944 were found to be Americans of whom all but 416 were identified by name. Of 239 Korean War unaccounted for: 186 not associated with Punchbowl unknowns (176 were identified and of the remaining 10 cases 4 were non-Americans of Asiatic descent; one was British; 3 were identified and 2 cases unconfirmed); Of 10 Korean War "Punchbowl Unknowns" 6 were identified. The W.A. Johnson listing of 496 POWs-including 25 Civilians [92]-who died in North Korea can be found here and there[93]
According to report of June 24, 2008 at [94]
Number of remains total unaccounted for: 8,055
Number of remains repatriated are: 489 of whom 100 are identified
Update of report of October 26, 2011 at [95]
Number of remains total unaccounted for: 7,983
Number of remains either repatriated from North/South Korea; China; Japan or disinterred from Punchbowl cemetery: 678 of which the number have been identified from 1982 to 2011: 174
Listed as MIA: 7,729 [96]
ea. ^ Cold War – Korea and Vietnam and Middle East-additional US Casualties:
North Korea {Cold War} 1959:1968-1969;1976;1984 killed 41; Wounded 5; 82 captured/released.[97]
USS Liberty incident 1967 killed 34; Wounded 173 by Israeli armed forces
Vietnam War prior to 1964-US Casualties were Laos-2 killed in 1954; and Vietnam 1946–1954 2 killed see;[98]
f. ^ Iraq War. See also Casualties of the Iraq War. Sources: .[99]
g. ^ Afghanistan. Casualties include those that occurred in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
See also[edit]
Military history of the United States
World War II casualties
References[edit]
Jump up ^ John Grenier The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier (Cambridge University Press) pg 195–200
Jump up ^ Rajitar 33–36, 71–73
Jump up ^ Konstantin 11–14, 111
^ Jump up to: a b Michael A Palmer Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War with France 1798–1801 (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1987) pg 119, 208, 218, 228
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