During World War Two about 1.8% US soldiers were killed directly in battle this number went down to .5% in the Vietnam war what was this number in the Persian gulf war
United States deployed a total of 697,000 troops. 143 were killed in action (96 Army soldiers, 22 Marines, 20 airmen 20 and 5 sailors). This means 0.02 % of deployed United States soldiers were killed in action during the Gulf War.