Veterans Day Statistics

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Current approximate United States veteran population 22,234,000

World War II veterans 1.7 million

Korean War veterans 2.3 million

Peacetime only veterans 5.7 million

Gulf War veterans 5.9 million

Vietnam War Era veterans 7.4 million

(Please note--Categories are not mutually exclusive. Veterans may serve in multiple periods).

I highly recommend the 2012 Veterans Day Teacher Resource Guide. You may find a list of the wars there on page 17. Also helpful is this quick statistics at a glance.

Filed under: * Culture-WatchHistory* Economics, PoliticsDefense, National Security, Military

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Posted November 12, 2012 at 6:30 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. mbgentsch wrote:

I’m one of ‘em.  26 years in this man’s navy.  I’m glad the country recognizes vets.  And that local diners give us discounts w/ID cards (ha).  ...Canon Harmon, thanks for the Vets Day posts.  Respectfully

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