http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/deaths.asp


The numbers reproduced in this piece were taken from a Congressional
Research Service (CRS) report on American War and Military Operations
Casualties, using Table 4 on page 10, that presents statistics for
U.S. active duty military deaths for the period 1980-2006. (Table 5,
which separates combat/operational losses from deaths due to other
causes — accident, homicide, illness, suicide — would have been a
better source, but since the item quoted above used Table 4 to
document its claim, so do we here.)



We find the following totals in that CRS report:

Year President Deaths Total during presidency

1980 Jimmy Carter 2,392
N/A

1981 Ronald Reagan 2,380
1982 Ronald Reagan 2,319
1983 Ronald Reagan 2,465
1984 Ronald Reagan 1,999
1985 Ronald Reagan 2,252
1986 Ronald Reagan 1,984
1987 Ronald Reagan 1,983
1988 Ronald Reagan 1,819
17,201

1989 George H.W. Bush 1,636
1990 George H.W. Bush 1,507
1991 George H.W. Bush 1,787
1992 George H.W. Bush 1,293
6,223


1993 Bill Clinton 1,213
1994 Bill Clinton 1,075
1995 Bill Clinton 1,040
1996 Bill Clinton 974
1997 Bill Clinton 817
1998 Bill Clinton 827
1999 Bill Clinton 796
2000 Bill Clinton 758
7,500

2001 George W. Bush 891
2002 George W. Bush 999
2003 George W. Bush 1,228
2004 George W. Bush 1,874
2005 George W. Bush 1,942
2006 George W. Bush 1,858
8,792