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Here are three different answers: * Approximately 16 million men and women served in the US Military during WW 2. * 11 million. Out of them, 7 million were sent to the army. 671,485 U.S. Soldiers were wounded and 450,670 U.S. soldiers died. * TOTAL NUMBER IN UNITED STATES FORCES DURING WW2 ARMY: 8,300,000 NAVY: 4,204,662 MARINES: 599,693 GRAND TOTAL: 13,104,355 TOTAL US CASUALTIES: ARMY: KILLED IN ACTION: 223,215 WOUNDED: 571,679 MISSING: 12,752 TOTAL ARMY CASULITES: 807,646 NAVY: KILLED IN ACTION: 34,702 DIED OF WOUNDS: 1,783 OTHER DEATHS: 26,793 TOTAL NAVY DEATHS: 63,278 WOUNDED: 33,670 MISSING: 28 TOTAL NAVY CASUALTIES: 96,976 MARINES KILLED IN ACTION: 15,460 DIED OF WOUNDS: 3,163 OTHER DEATHS: 5,863 TOTAL MARINE DEATHS: 24,486 WOUNDED: 67,134 TOTAL MARINE CAUALTIES: 91,620 GRAND TOTAL KILLED IN ACTION IN ARMY, NAVY, MARINES 273,377 DIED OF WOUNDS LATER: 4,946 OTHER DEATHS: 32,656 TOTAL DEATHS: 310,979 MISSING: 12,780 WOUNDED: 672,483 GRAND TOTAL CASUALTIES IN ARMY, NAVY, MARINES: 996,242 (AIR FORCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE BRANCHES. US COAST Guard HAD 172,952 MEN ENGAGED, 1,917 DEATHS OF WHICH 572 WERE KILLED IN ACTION.) THIS DATA IS FROM MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK "THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WWII" ARMED SERVICES MEMORIAL EDITION, CO. 1945 1948 16,354,000 men & women served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WW 2. This number includes members of the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy & Marines. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com TOTAL NUMBER IN UNITED STATES FORCES DURING WW2 ARMY:8,300,000 NAVY:4,204,662 MARINES: 599,693. GRAND TOTAL 13,104,355 TOTAL US CASUALTIES:ARMY: 223,215 KILLED IN ACTION;WOUNDED 571,679;MISSING 12,752;TOTAL ARMY CASULITES 807,646. NAVY; KILLED IN ACTION 34,702; DIED OF WOUNDS 1,783; OTHER DEATHS 26,793; TOTAL NAVY DEATHS 63,278;WOUNDED 33,670 MISSING 28; TOTAL NAVY CASUALTIES 96,976. MARINES; KILLED IN ACTION 15,460 DIED OF WOUNDS 3,163; OTHER DEATHS 5,863; TOTAL MARINE DEATHS 24,486; WOUNDED 67,134; TOTAL MARINE CAUALTIES 91,620.GRAND TOTAL KILLED IN ACTION IN ARMY NAVY MARINES 273,377.DIED OF WOUNDS LATER 4,946;OTHER DEATHS 32,656; TOTAL DEATHS 310,979. MISSING 12,780; WOUNDED 672,483; GRAND TOTAL CASUALTIES IN ARMY,NAVY,MARINES, 996,242.(AIR FORCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE BRANCHES. US COAST GUARD HAD 172,952 MEN ENGAUGED,1,917 DEATHS OF WHICH 572 WERE KILLED IN ACTION.) THIS DATA IS FROM MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK "THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WWII" ARMED SERVICES MEMORIAL EDITION......CO.1945 1948 HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.... Aproximately 4 million Service men in the Navy Army and Air Force. 16 million men & women served in the US Military during WW 2.

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I believe that the latest count was over 3 million Americans served in the armed forces during ww2. Note that only 1 out of 6 was a combat soldir. It took 5 soldiers to keep 1 soldier fighting.

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The Armed Forces grew to 16,000,000 from farms, towns, and cities all across the US.

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Approximately 6 million men & 350,000 women volunteered & were accepted into the US military service, plus another 350,000 National Guardsmen (who were volunteers) were federalized (put into the Regular Military Service). Not everyone that actually volunteered was medically cleared & approved for induction into the military. In addition to those that volunteered, another 11.5 million men were drafted by the Selective Service to serve in the US military. The first 900,000 "draftees" were selected starting on October 29, 1940 (before the US entry into the war). Although not all volunteers or draftees served in overseas combat. Of the 16.8 million Americans that served in the US military, about 73% (or almost 12 million) of these went on to deploy overseas where the war was fought.

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Approximately 16 million Americans served in the armed forces during World War 2

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Over 16 million men.

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