As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics:
The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 .......... 2,392 (Carter Year)
1981 ......... 2,380 (Reagan Year)
1984 ........ 1,999 (Reagan Year)
1988 .......... 1,819 (Reagan Year)
1989 .......... 1,636 (George HW Year)
1990 ......... 1,507 (George HW Year)
1991 .. 1,787 (George HW Year)
1992 .......... 1,293 (George HW Year)
1993 .......... 1,213 ( Clinton Year)
1994 ......... 1,075 ( Clinton Year)
1995 ........ 1,040( Clinton Year)
1996 .......... 974 (Clinton Year)
1997 ............. 817 ( Clinton Year)
1998 ......... 827 ( Clinton Year)
1999 ......... 796 ( Clinton Year)
2000 ......... 758( Clinton Year)
2001 ........... 891 (George W Year)
2002 .......... 999(George W Year)
2003 ........ 1,228 (George W Year)
2004 ........ 1,874 (George W Year)
2005 ........... 1,942 (George W Year)
2006.............. 1,858 (George W Year)
2007...... 1,014 (George W Year)*
*This is an estimate for 2007 based on deaths suffered in Afghanistan and Iraq (numbers could be higher, but we do not yet have a full report for 2007).
Reagan years (1981-1988): 17,201 deaths
George HW Bush years (1989-1992): 6,223 deaths
Clinton years (1993-2000): 7,500 deaths
George W years (2001-2007): 9,806 deaths
The source of these numbers is included in this CRS report to Congress:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
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But raw numbers of deaths are misleading -- you need to look at death RATES.
Try here: http://rodhafemeister.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/disinformation-about-military-deaths-under-bill-clinton-and-george-w-bush/
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