Question

During world war II, about 1.8% of US soldiers were killed directly in battle. Thid number went down to 0.5% at Vietnam War. What was this number in the Persian Gulf War?

Answer 1

The American soldiers in the Persian Gulf war were 697,000 troops, New World Encyclopedia.org. indicated 147 deaths related to the Gulf War.

Question: Percentage of Killed American Soldier's during the Gulf War

Given: 697,000 US Deployed US Soldiers during the war
147 killed during the war

Solution:  Killed soldiers___________ x 100%
Total Number of US Soldiers

Percentage = 147___x 100%
697000

Answer =0.002%

However, there are some arguments that tell that most of it came from a friendly fire.