Casualties of war opened in 1,487 theatres, and ranked number 4 in box office for the first week of its release. The noncombatant corps ncc was a corps of the british army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with ncos and officers seconded from other corps or regiments. Servicemembers worldwide 306,760 battle deaths 385 other deaths in service nontheater 2,061 nonmortal woundings 1,662. The civiliancombatant death ratio in the war is approximately 2. Civilian casualties is a military term describing noncombatant or civilian persons killed, injured, or imprisoned by military action. Estimates of casualties of the vietnam war vary widely. Casualties of war paperback october 1, 1969 by daniel lang author 4. Meserve sounded as though he had become a kind of war casualty, eriksson. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties, from ancient. The vietnam conflict extract data file of the dcas contains 27 more records than the combat area casualties current file as of december. Nick turse, in his 20 book, kill anything that moves, argues that a. A vivid account of the abduction, rape and murder of a vietnamese girl by four u. Noncombat deaths in the american civil war modern war. Deaths other includes all noncombat deaths including those from accidents, disease, suicide, and murder.
But, aside from this, the number of actual conflicts has declined since the end of the cold war, and this decline has continued in the first decade of the 21st century. Its members fulfilled various noncombatant roles in the army during the first world war, the second world war and the period of conscription after the second world war. Sedation now ameliorates pain, and antibiotics combat infection. The actual portion of combatantnoncombatant deaths has probably hovered in the vicinity of 5050 in most conflicts since world war two. Military fatal casualty statistics national archives. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The database also estimates combat deaths in cambodia for the years. Servicemembers worldwide 4,734,991 battle deaths 53,402 other deaths in service nontheater 63,114 nonmortal woundings 204,002.