After the outbreak of Korean War on 25 June 1950, 16 countries (deploying / arrival order): United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, France, New Zealand, Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, South Africa, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ethiopia and Colombia provided combat troops for South Korea and they organized the United Nations Forces .[ 1]
Units:
Deployment: 27 June 1950 (Air Force , Navy ), 1 July 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 5 July 1950
Withdrawal: October 1954 (main force)
Participants: Total about 1,789,000
Casualties
As of 2023, MIAs and Unaccounted Remains : 7,428[ 4]
As of 2022, according to the list of Wall of Remembrance in the Korean War Veterans Memorial , killed soldiers were 36,634.[ 5] [ 6] But this figure fluctuate depending on the ongoing correction of list.[ 7] [ 8]
As of 2021, United States Department of Veterans Affairs [ 9]
Killed: 36,574 (Battle Deaths : 33,739, Other Deaths: 2,835)
Wounded: 103,284
As of 2014
Deaths and Woundings
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Total
Total Killed (a+b+c+d+e)
27,728
1,198
492
4,268
36,516
Killed in action (a)
19,754
198
364
3,321
23,637
Killed in Wounding (b)
1,904
16
28
536
2,484
Killed in Missing (c)
3,317
960
97
385
4,759
Killed in POW Camps (d)
2,753
24
3
26
2,806
Other Deathes (e) (Non-battle Deaths)
...
...
...
...
2,830
Wounded
...
...
...
...
92,134[ a] 103,284[ b]
POWs and MIAs
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Total
Total POWs and MIAs (a+b+c+d)
8,123
Total captured POWs (a+b+c)
5,356
926
286
677
7,245
Killed in POW Camps (a)
2,753
24
3
26
2,806
Living POWs (Returned ) (b)
4,418
Living POWs (Defectors ) (c)
21
Unaccounted (d)
...
...
...
...
931
^ Counted as the 1 person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings
^ Counted as the each person – wounded soldiers with over 2 woundings
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
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Many Mexicans and Puerto Ricans served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Units:
Deployment: 1 July 1950 (Navy ), 28 August 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 4 September 1950
Withdrawal: March 1955 (Navy ), 1954–1957 (Army )
Participants: Total about 56,000
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
1,078
2,674
179
978
4,909
Units:
Deployment: 1 July 1950 (Air Force , Navy ), 27 September 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 5 October 1950
Withdrawal: November 1953 (Air Force ),1955 (Navy ), 24 March 1956 (Army )
Participants: Total 17,164
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
340
1,216
N/A
28
1,584
Units:
Deployment: 19 July 1950 (Navy ), 23 November 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 11 December 1950
Withdrawal: 9 October, 9 November, 6 December 1954 (Army ), 24 January 1955 (Navy )
Participants: Total 5,322
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
120
645
N/A
3
768
Units:
Deployment: 28 July 1950 (Air Force ), 30 July 1950 (Navy ), 18 December 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 15 February 1951
Withdrawal: July 1953 (Air Force ), September 1955 (Navy ), June 1957 (Army )
Participants: Total 26,791
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
516
1,212
1
32
1,761
Units:
Deployment: 29 July 1950 (Navy ), 29 November 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 13 December 1950
Withdrawal: December 1950 (Navy ), 22 October 1953 (Army )
Participants: Total 3,421
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
262
1,008
7
12
1,289
Units:
Deployment: 30 July 1950 (Navy ), 31 December 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 28 January 1951
Withdrawal: 2 March 1954 (Navy ), 8 November 1954 (Army )
Participants: Total 3,794
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
23
79
1
N/A
103
Units:
Deployment: 19 September 1950
First Battle: 1 October 1950
Withdrawal: 13 May 1955
Participants: Total 7,420
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
112
299
16
41
468
Units:
Deployment: 17 October 1950
First Battle: 12 November 1950
Withdrawal: Summer 1954 (main force), 27 June 1971
Participants: Total 21,212
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
966
1,155
N/A
244
2,365
Units:
Deployment: 7 November 1950 (Army , Navy ), 18 June 1951 (Air Force )
First Battle: 22 November 1950
Withdrawal: 1954 (Army ) – main force, January 1955 (Navy ), 6 November 1964 (Air Force ), 23 June 1972 (Army )
Participants: Total 6,326
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
129
1,139
5
N/A
1,273
Units:
Deployment: 12 November 1950
First Battle: 19 November 1950
Withdrawal: 29 October 1953
Participants: Total 826
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
36
N/A
N/A
8
44
Units:
Deployment: 1 December 1950 (Air Force ), 9 December 1950 (Army )
First Battle: 5 January 1951
Withdrawal: April 1955 (Air Force ), 22 January 1956 (Army ) – main force, December 1955 (Army )
Participants: Total 4,992
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
192
543
N/A
3
738
Units:
Deployment: 31 January 1951
First Battle: 6 March 1951
Withdrawal: 15 June 1955
Participants: Total 3,498
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
99
336
4
1
440
Units:
Deployment: 31 January 1951
First Battle: 13 March 1951
Withdrawal: 7 January 1953
Participants: Total 100
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
2
13
N/A
N/A
15
Units:
Deployment: 6 May 1951
First Battle: 11 July 1951
Withdrawal: 3 March 1965
Participants: Total 3,518
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
122
536
N/A
N/A
658
Units:
Deployment: 8 May 1951 (Navy ), 15 June 1951 (Army )
First Battle: 1 August 1951
Withdrawal: 29 October 1954 (Army ), 11 October 1955 (Navy )
Participants: Total 5,100
Casualties
Killed
Wounded
MIA
POW
Total
213
448
N/A
28
689
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