war dead
Combat's ultimate toll
War dead refers collectively to those who have died in military conflict.
The term appears in formal and commemorative contexts: a memorial to the war dead, repatriation of the war dead.
It emphasizes the shared fate of the fallen rather than individual casualties.
- cenotaphsMonuments for unrecovered dead
- fallen soldiersTroops killed in warfare
- fallen heroesCasualties remembered with honor
- fatalitiesLosses of life
- military cemeteriesBurial grounds for servicemembers
fields of honor · gold star · killed · casualty lists · deaths · casualties · death toll · remembrance ceremonies · repatriation · missing in action · honor rolls · commemorative plaques · grave · corpse · sorrow · silence · shroud · cross
- Ireland WWIEaster Rising, Gallipoli, the Somme, Somme, Western Front
- Military HolidaysMemorial Day, Veterans Day, fallen heroes, remembrance, veteran
- war memorialmilitary cemetery, national cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery, fallen soldier, fallen soldiers
- Arlington Cemeteryeternal flame, headstones, burial plots, grave markers, changing of the guard
- Union soldiersUnion infantry, federal troops, enlisted men, volunteers, privates
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
survival status
war deadsurvivors
Those still alive after
veterans · combat veterans · wounded veterans · disabled veterans · POWs
combat involvement
war deadcivilians
Non-military population
non-combatants · draft dodgers · conscientious objectors · bystanders