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| Casualties: U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Wounded in Wars, Conflicts and Hostile Incidents NAVY MARINE CORPS ACTION KIA WIA KIA WIA Revolutionary War, 19 Apr.1775 - 11 Apr. 1783 342 114 49 70 Naval War with France, July 1798 - 3 Feb. 1801 14 31 6 11 Barbary Wars, Mediterranean Sea, 10 Jun. 1801 - 4 Jun. 1805 31 54 4 10 USS Chesapeake attacked by HMS Leopard, off Cape Henry, Virginia, 22 Jun. 1807 3 18 0 0 War of 1812, 18 Jun. 1812 - 17 Feb. 1815 265 439 45 66 Marines escorting a convoy of supply wagons ambushed by an irregular force of Native Americans and African Americans in Twelve Mile Swamp near St.John's, East Florida, 11 Sep. 1812 0 0 2 7 USS Nonsuch captured pirate ship Caledonia off Savannah, Georgia, 9 Apr. 1813 0 3 0 0 USS Essex crewmembers battle with Taipis Tribe, Nuka Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 29 Nov. 1813 1 2 0 0 USS Essex crewmembers battle with Taii Tribe, Nuka Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 27 May 1814 4 1 0 0 Ambush of Navy personnel on Apalachicola River, Spanish Florida, during reconnaissance of fort and settlement occupied by free African Americans and escaped slaves, 17 Jul. 1816 4 0 0 0 USS Macedonian shore party fired on by mob during Peruvian War of Independence, Callao, Peru, 6 Nov. 1820 2 6 0 0 Suppression of Piracy in West Indies, 1822-1825 4 5 0 0 USS Fox fired on from Spanish castle El Moro, St. Johns, Puerto Rico, 5 Mar. 1823 1 0 0 0 USS Porpoise skirmish with Greek pirates, near Andros Island, Aegean Sea, 23 Oct. 1827 1 0 0 0 USS Potomac punitive Landing at Qualah Battoo, Sumatra, 6 Feb. 1832 2 7 0 4 Seminole War, Florida, 1835 - 1842 8 12 8 1 USS Natchez sailor's dispute with fisherman led to bayonet attack by Mexican guard, Vera Cruz, 25 Oct. 1836 0 2 0 0 Wilkes Expedition, skirmish with natives at Malolo, Fiji, 24 Jul. 1840 2 2 0 0 Mexican War, 24 Apr. 1846 - 30 May 1848 13 3 11 47 USS Plymouth landing party skirmish with Chinese Imperial troops during Taiping Rebellion, 5 Jun. 1855 1 1 0 2 USS Water Witch engagement with a Paraguayan fort at Itapiru, 1 Feb. 1855 1 0 0 0 USS Powhatan engagement with Chinese pirates near Hong Kong, China, 4 Aug 1855 3 6 2 0 USS John Adams punitive expedition to Viti Levu, Fiji, 28-31 Oct. 1855 1 0 0 2 Operations against Native Americans, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1855 3 1 0 0 USS Portsmouth, USS San Jacinto and USS Levant reduction of the Barrier Forts, Canton, China, 16-22 Nov. 1856 7 15 0 6 Confrontation with mob during election violence outside City Hall, Washington DC, 1 June 1857 0 0 0 2 USS Vandalia, punitive expedition to Waya, Fiji, 9 Oct. 1858 0 3 0 2 Chartered river steamer Toey-Wan supported English and French attack on Chinese forts at mouth of Peiho River, China, 25 Jun. 1859 1 1 0 0 Marine assault on building occupied by abolitionist John Brown and followers, Harper's Ferry, Virginia, 18 Oct. 1859 0 0 1 1 USS Saratoga and chartered steamers Indianola and Wave, gun battle and boarding of Mexican armed steamer General Miramon, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, 6 Mar. 1860 1 3 0 0 Civil War (Union forces only), 15 Apr. 1861 - 26 May 1865 2,112 1,710 148 131 USS Wyoming battle with naval forces of Japanese feudal warlord off Shimonoseki, 13 Jul. 1863 3 6 1 0 USS Hartford and USS Wyoming, landing party skirmish with natives near Taka, Formosa, 13 Jun. 1867 1 0 0 0 USS Oneida sailor wounded during attack on foreign residents by Japanese troops during Meiji Restoration, Hiogo, Japan, 4 Feb. 1868 0 1 0 0 USS Mohican battle with Mexican pirate steamer Forward in Teacapan River, Mexico, 17 Jun. 1870 2 7 0 1 USS Monocacy, USS Palos and steam launches from USS Colorado and USS Alaska, attack on Korean fort along Salee River, June 1871 2 12 1 1 Marines from Brooklyn Navy Yard guarding revenue officers engaged in destroying illegal distilleries in Brooklyn, New York, 14 July and 17 Oct. 1871 0 0 1 3 USS Baltimore sailors fight with Chilean sailors; mobs subsequently attacked US sailors, Valparaiso, 16 Oct. 1891 2 18 0 0 USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor, Cuba, 15 Feb. 1898. (Sometimes attributed to hostile action.) 266 54 0 0 Spanish American War, 15 Feb. 1898 - 10 Dec. 1898 10 47 6 21 Philippine Islands Insurrection, 4 Feb. 1899 - 25 Apr. 1901 9 0 7 19 USS Philadelphia punitive expedition to Apia, Samoa, 1 Apr. 1899 4 4 0 1 Boxer Rebellion, China, 20 Jun. 1900 - 12 May 1901 4 26 9 17 Seaman Johnson shot by insurgents while in a small boat from USS Yankee at Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic, 1 Feb. 1904 1 0 0 0 Apprentice 2d class Charles Doctor from USS Columbia landing party wounded by insurgents at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 11 Feb. 1904 0 1 0 0 While taking supplies to US Army Camp Tabla, USS Pambanga shore party attacked by Moro rebels, Basilian Island, Philippines, 24 Sep. 1911 1 3 0 0 Pacification of Nicaragua, 4 Aug. 1912 - 31 Jan. 1913 2 0 5 16 Occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-23 Nov. 1914 17 57 5 13 Pacification of Haiti, 25 Jul. 1915 - 6 Apr. 1917 2 0 7 29 Small boat from USS Annapolis fired on by Mexican soldiers at Mazatlan, 18 Jun. 1916 1 0 0 0 Pacification of Dominican Republic, 1916 - 1924 0 0 17 50 SS Aztec sunk by German submarine off Island of Ushant, France, 1 Apr. 1917 1 0 0 0 World War I, 6 Apr. 1917 - 11 Nov. 1918 431 819 2,461 9,520 USS Monocacy fired on by Chinese troops, north of Chenglin, Yangtze River, China, 17 Jan. 1918 1 2 0 0 USS Olympia shore party operated with British, French, Serbian and White Russian troops in skirmishes with Bolshevik forces along the Dvina River near Archangel during the Allied intervention in northern Russia, 15 Aug. - 6 Sep. 1918 0 3 0 0 Armed guard detachment from USS Monocacy defended oil barge from bandit attack, north of Ichang, Yangtze River, China, 17 May 1921 0 1 0 0 USS Stewart fired on by Chinese troops near Wuchang, Yangtze River, China, 4 Sep. 1926 0 2 0 0 Nicaragua Pacification, 1927 - 1933 1 2 47 66 USS Noa landing force fired on by Chinese warlord's troops, Nanking, China, 24 Mar. 1927 0 1 0 0 Armed guard detachment on SS Chi Ping fired on by bandits, north of Wanhsien, Yangtze River, China, 14 Mar. 1930 0 1 0 0 USS Guam came under fire from bandits while attempting to rescue missionaries near Yochow, Yangtze River, China, 4 Jul. 1930 1 0 0 0 USS Palos fired on by bandits at Changsha, Yangtze River, China, 31 Jul. 1930 0 1 0 0 Marine 2d Brigade guarding International Settlement, during fighting between Japanese and Chinese forces, Shanghai, China, Aug.-Oct. 1937 0 1 0 3 USS Augusta struck by Nationalist Chinese anti- aircraft shell, Shanghai, China, 20 Aug. 1937 1 18 0 0 USS Augusta hit by shrapnel during fighting in Shanghai, China, 14 Oct. 1937 0 1 0 0 USS Panay sunk by Japanese air attack, near Nanking, Yangtze River, China, 12 Dec. 1937 2 43 0 0 USS Kearny damaged by German submarine, Atlantic Ocean, 17 Oct. 1941 11 22 0 0 USS Salinas damaged by German submarine, Atlantic Ocean, 30 Oct. 1941 0 1 0 0 USS Reuben James sunk by German submarine, Atlantic Ocean, 31 Oct. 1941 115 8 0 0 World War II, 7 Dec. 1941 - 31 Dec. 1946 36,950 37,778 19,733 67,207 1st Marines reconnaissance patrol fired on by 40-50 Chinese communist guerillas northwest of Tientsin, China, 6 Oct. 1945 0 0 0 3 7th Marines jeep patrol fired on by Chinese communist snipers near Tangshan, China 19 Oct 1945 0 0 0 2 Ambush of 5th Marines jeep patrol by Chinese communist snipers outside of Peiping, China 26 Oct 1945 0 0 0 1 Two marines hunting near 7th Marines railroad outpost shot by two Chinese west of Anshan, China, 4 Dec 1945 0 0 1 1 One marine attacked while on liberty in Tientsin, China, 9 Dec 1945 0 0 0 1 Two 7th Marines supply trucks ambushed by Chinese communist guerillas near Tangshan, China, 15 Jan 1946 0 0 0 2 Marine hunting party attacked by irregular forces in the vicinity of Lutai, China, 7 Apr 1946 0 0 1 0 5th Marines bridge guards attacked by Chinese communists firing mortars, near Tangku, China, 5 May 1946 0 0 0 1 7th Marines sentry attacked by guerillas in Lutai, China, 7 May 1946 0 0 0 1 1st Marines reconnaissance patrol ambushed by 50-75 armed Chinese in village 10 miles south of Tientsin, China, 21 May 1946 0 0 1 1 Marine sentry attacked in Tangku, China, 2 Jul 1946 0 0 0 1 Supply convoy, protected by 11th Marines detachment, ambushed by Chinese communist forces at Anping, China, 29 July 1946 0 0 4 11 Chinese communist raid on 1st Marine Division ammunition supply point at Hsin Ho, northwest of Tangku, China 3 Oct 1946 0 0 0 1 Two Chinese communist companies about 350 men, attack 1st Marine Division ammunition supply point at Hsin Ho, northwest of Tangku, China, 4-5 Apr 1947 0 0 5 17 Marine hunting party ambushed by Chinese communists outside of Tientsin, China, 25 Dec. 1947 0 0 1 0 PB4Y2 from VP-26, Det A, shot down by Soviet aircraft, over Baltic Sea off coast of Latvia, 8 Apr. 1950 10 0 0 0 Korean War, 25 Jun. 1950 - 31 Jan. 1955 475 1,576 4,269 23,744 P2V-3W from VP-6 shot down by Soviet aircraft, over Sea of Japan off Vladivostok, Siberia, 6 Nov. 1951 10 0 0 0 PBM-5S2 from VP-731 attacked by Chinese fighters over the Yellow Sea, 31 Jul. 1952 2 2 0 0 P2V-5 from VP-22 shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Swatow, China, 18 Jan. 1953 9 0 0 0 P2V from VP-19 shot down by Soviet aircraft, over Sea of Japan near Siberian coast, 4 Sep. 1954 1 0 0 0 P2V from VP-9 shot down by Soviet aircraft, St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, 22 Jun. 1955 0 10 0 0 P4M-1Q from VQ-1 shot down by hostile aircraft near Wenchow, China, 22 Aug. 1956 16 0 0 0 P4M-1Q from VQ-1 attacked by North Korean fighters near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, over Sea of Japan, 16 Jun. 1959 0 1 0 0 Vietnam War, 4 Aug. 1964 - 27 Jan. 1973 1,631 4,178 13,084 51,392 Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 28 Apr. 1965 - 21 Sep. 1966 0 0 9 25 USS Liberty, attacked by Israeli forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, 8 Jun. 1967 31 168 2 1 LCDR Ernest A. Munro killed and RMCS Harry L. Greene wounded by communist terrorists, Guatemala, 16 Jan 1968 1 1 0 0 USS Pueblo, captured by North Korean forces in the Sea of Japan, 23 Jan. 1968 1 8 0 1 [All crew members, 79 Navy and 2 Marines, subsequently awarded the purple heart for the period of their captivity] A-1H from VA-25 on a ferry flight from the Philippines to an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf shot down by MIG interceptor after accidently violating airspace of Hainan Island, China 14 Feb. 1968 1 0 0 0 P3B from VP-26 on a coastal surveillance photo-reconnaissance mission, shot down, possibly by a Cambodian naval vessel, crashing in the Gulf of Thailand, 1 Apr. 1968 12 0 0 0 Sailors from USS Independence and accompanying destroyers injured by students during anti-American riots in Istanbul, Turkey, 16-23 Jul. 1968 0 19 0 0 Sailors from USS Columbus and accompanying destroyers injured by students during anti-American riots in Izmir, Turkey, 19-22 Dec. 1968 0 14 0 0 EC-121M from VQ-1 shot down by North Korean aircraft over the Sea of Japan, 14 Apr. 1969 30 0 1 0 Two UH-1Bs from HAL-3 Detachment 3 shot down in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia, by Cambodian anti-aircraft fire, 28 Apr. 1969 4 4 0 0 Seabee wounded and Marine Security Guards killed and wounded during Terrorist attack on US Embassy softball game,Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 26 Sep. 1971 0 1 1 3 Marine Security Guard Sidney T. James wounded during an attack by a radical communist group, U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines, 1972 0 0 0 1 LCDR Franklin G. West wounded by North Korean forces, Panmunjun, Korea, 3 Mar 1974 0 1 0 0 CDR Robert M. Ballinger killed by dynamite explosion during investigation of tunnel built by North Koreans in the sourthern portion of the demilitarized zone, Korea, 20 Nov 1974 1 0 0 0 Seabees killed by gunfire during terrorist ambush of jeep on northeast edge of US Naval Base at Subic Bay, Philippines, 3 Feb. 1975 3 0 0 0 Two Marines from Marine Security Detachment, Saigon, killed during artillery attack while providing security for Defense Attache Office, at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, 29 April 1975 0 0 2 0 "Mayaguez Incident," battle with Khmer Rouge forces, Koh Tang Island, Cambodia, 15 May 1975 2 3 14 41 Sailor wounded during attack by unidentified gunman against U.S. Air Force Bus, 14 miles north of Clark Air Bus, Philippines, 11 Dec. 1976 0 1 0 0 LT Robert E. Nelson serving with UN observers in the Lebanese village of Maroun Al Ras wounded during attack by Israeli Defense Forces, night of 14-15 Mar 1978 0 1 0 0 U.S. Embassy Marine security guard wounded, Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 Aug 1978 0 0 0 1 U.S. Embassy Marine security guard wounded, Beirut, Lebanon, 6 Oct 1978 0 0 0 1 SGT Garry Downey and SGT Kraus wounded by Iranian guerillas during attacks on U.S. Embassy, Tehran, Iran, 11 and 14 Feb. 1979 0 0 0 2 Marine security guards injured when leftist protesters attempted to storm U.S. Embassy, San Salvador, El Salvador, 30 Oct. 1979 0 0 0 2 Marine Security Guard CPL Steven Crowley killed by sniper fire during attack by mob on US Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 21 Nov. 1979 0 0 1 0 Puerto Rican nationalists armed with automatic weapons ambushed a Navy bus driving to Sabana Seca Naval Communication Center near San Juan, 3 Dec 1979 2 10 0 0 BMCM Sam Novello killed by Turkish leftists at his home in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 April 1980 1 0 0 0 Marines wounded in terrorist attack, Costa Rica, 17 Mar 1981 0 0 0 3 U.S. Embassy Marine security guard wounded, Beirut Lebanon, 7 Jun 1982 0 0 0 1 Lebanon Peacekeeping, 25 Aug. 1982 - 26 Feb. 1984 19 8 234 151 Terrorist bombing of US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Casualties included IS1 Daniel J. Pellegrino and eight Marine Security Guards, 18 Apr. 1983 0 1 1 7 Lieutenant Commander Albert A. Schaufelberger killed by terrorists, San Salvador, El Salvador, 25 May 1983 1 0 0 0 CPL Guillermo Sanpedro killed in terrorist attack, Cyprus, 23 Oct. 1983 0 0 1 0 Operation Urgent Fury, invasion of Grenada, West Indies 23 Oct.1983 - 21 Nov. 1983 4 1 3 15 Capt. George Tsantes shot by terrorists near Athens, Greece 15 Nov. 1983 1 0 0 0 Lt. Mark A. Lang killed and LT Robert O. Goodman wounded when A-6 Intruder from VA-85 shot down while attacking Syrian antiaircraft batteries at Hammana, east of Beirut, Lebanon, 4 Dec. 1983 1 1 0 0 Commander, Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) CDR Edward K. Andrews flying an A-7 Corsair II, shot down by aircraft fire, near Beirut, Lebanon, 4 Dec 1983 0 1 0 0 LCPL Rudolfo Hernandez killed in terrorist attack, Germany, 7 Feb. 1984 0 0 1 0 HN Carl P. Englund wounded, Beruit, Lebanon, 29 Feb 1984 0 1 0 0 PO1 Michael R. Wagner assigned to Defense Attache Office, killed; CEC Harvey L. Whitaker and BU1 Stephen E. Haycock and four Marine security guards wounded in terrorist bombing of US Embassy Annex, East Beirut, Lebanon, 20 Sep. 1984 1 2 0 4 Seabee Steelworker 2nd Class Robert Dean Stethem of Underwater Construction Team TWO was killed by terrorists in Athens, Greece, on TWA Flight 847, 14 Jun. 1985 1 0 0 0 Off-duty Marines assigned to Marine Security Guard Detachment, San Salvador, El Salvador, killed by terrorists armed with automatic weapons at a cafe in the Zona Rosa district of San Salvador, 19 June 1985 0 0 4 0 USS Stark struck by Iraqi missiles, Persian Gulf, 17 May 1987 37 5 0 0 Terrorist grenade attack on USO club in Barcelona, Spain, 27 Dec. 1987 1 5 0 0 Col. Rich Higgins, killed by pro-Iranian terrorists. Captured on 17 Feb. 1988 in Lebanon and declared dead on 6 Jul. 1990. 0 0 1 0 USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine, Persian Gulf, 14 Apr. 1988 0 10 0 0 Japanese Red Army terrorist bombing of USO club in Naples, Italy, 14 Apr. 1988 1 4 0 0 Loss of AH-1T helicopter during operations against Iranian naval forces, possibly to hostile action, Persian Gulf, 18 Apr. 1988 0 0 2 0 Capt. William E. Nordeen, Defense and Naval Attache, killed by terrorist car bomb in Kifissia, the suburb of Athens, Greece, 28 Jun. 1988 1 0 0 0 Lt. Robert Paz, shot by Panamanian forces at a road block in Panama City, 16 Dec. 1989 0 0 1 0 Operation Just Cause, Panama, 20 - 24 Dec. 1989 4 9 1 3 Persian Gulf War, 2 Aug. 1990 - 3 Mar. 1991 6 12 24 92 Operation Restore Hope, Somalia, 9 Dec. 1992 - 4 May 1994 0 0 2 15 Bombing of Federal Building, Oklahoma City, 19 Apr. 1995 0 0 2 0 Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombed by terrorists, 25 Jun. 1996 0 1 0 0 Terrorist bombing of US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 August 1998; Marine security guard Sgt. 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Last Update: 08/03/99
