Special Report

The Year the Most Americans Have Died in War Since 1980

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2015
> Military personnel deaths: 30
> Active duty military: 1,347,000

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2016
> Military personnel deaths: 32
> Active duty military: 1,348,000

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2017
> Military personnel deaths: 37
> Active duty military: 1,359,000

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2018
> Military personnel deaths: 31
> Active duty military: 1,379,000

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2019
> Military personnel deaths: 36
> Active duty military: 1,401,559

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