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A MOUNTING DEATH TOLL: RECALCULATING THE “LEAST COSTLY WAR”

On paper, Operation Desert Storm seemed, in 1991, to be history’s least costly war, in terms of American lives — with only 383 dead.

Since then, however, Gulf veterans’ deaths have surged far beyond those of other Americans of similar age. And projections for the next decade paint an even grimmer picture.

1991 Gulf War deaths, official total
 
383
1997 VA-reported Gulf veteran deaths
 
4,506
2002 VA-reported Gulf veteran deaths 10,324
  Includes 8,013 from those in the conflict itself and 2,311 from those in the theater.
 
  Unofficial estimate 40,000
  *Estimate provided by a VA source to former U.S. Air Force Captain and flight nurse Joyce Riley.
 
2013 Projected Gulf veteran deaths
 
80,000-100,000


The projected death toll of 80,000-100,000 compares to an estimated 30,217 deaths projected over a 22-year span (1991-2013) in a similar group of Americans not sent to the Persian Gulf, according to demographics from the National Vital Statistics Report. (See “Desert Storm: Deadlier than Vietnam?”.)

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