The State of Georgia Salutes
Brunswick, United States
[Upper right corner is the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem] • The 77,000 Georgians who served in World War I; the 1,937 KIA; 3,319 WIA; 67 Ex-POWs and 54 MIA • The 324,373 Georgians who served in World War II; the 6,781 KIA; 11,650 WIA; 652 Ex-POWs and 364 MIA • The 75,000 Georgians who served in the Korean War; the 740 KIA; 1,040 WIA; 97 Ex-POWs and 174 MIA • The 228,000 Georgians who served in the Vietnam War; the 1,584 KIA; 8,534 WIA; 21 Ex-POWs; 38 MIA and 13 remains ID • The 28,000 Georgians who served in the Persian Gulf War; the 13 KIA; 14 WIA; 2 Ex-POWs; and 0 MIA • The 1,000,000+ Cold War veterans and the 660,900 veterans living in Georgia POWs / MIAs In History: War Years POW Died in Capitivity Unaccounted For / MIA Revolutionary 1775-83 20,000 8,500 Unknown War Between 1861-65 194,000 (Union) 30,218 6,750 the States 214,000 (Confederate) 25,976 (Combined) WWI 1917-18 4,120 147 3,350 WWII 1941-45 93,941 (Europe) 1,121 78,773 27,465 (Pacific) 11,107 (Combined) Korean 1950-53 7,140 2,701 8,177 Vietnam 1961-75 766 114 2,583 (1,970 6/1/01) Persian Gulf 1990-91 23 0 0