3. During the war there were 467 wounded in action, 148 battle deaths, and 145 non-battle deaths. That means we had a 0 .1 percent casualty rate in the war as compared to a confirmed postwar casualty rate of 27.7 percent.
* means 1/10 percent .1 or 0.1%
Consequently during any future wars, government leaders must consider not only the wartime casualties, but all casualties that manifest for years afterwards. This means we must reconsider if we truly won round one of the Gulf Conflict in 1991. Although the numbers of service-connected deaths included in the May 2002 data is considered "raw data" we must be concerned. The public should know that these figures are most likely incomplete and would probably be low in comparison to reality. The deaths reported in the VA study do not include deaths of those Gulf War veterans who died after leaving the service and who did not apply for VA medical care.
We call on the leaders of this country to utilize death data from all sources to determine the true death rate.
* means 1/10 percent .1 or 0.1%
Consequently during any future wars, government leaders must consider not only the wartime casualties, but all casualties that manifest for years afterwards. This means we must reconsider if we truly won round one of the Gulf Conflict in 1991. Although the numbers of service-connected deaths included in the May 2002 data is considered "raw data" we must be concerned. The public should know that these figures are most likely incomplete and would probably be low in comparison to reality. The deaths reported in the VA study do not include deaths of those Gulf War veterans who died after leaving the service and who did not apply for VA medical care.
We call on the leaders of this country to utilize death data from all sources to determine the true death rate.