Memorial Day: The Numbers

'FLAGS IN'
Army Pvt. Aaron Johnson places a small American flag in front of a grave during the annual "Flags In" event to commemorate Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 24, 2012. Johnson, assigned to the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," was one of several soldiers to place flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones and about 7,300 niches at the cemetery's columbarium. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Coffee

By The Numbers: Veterans And Memorial Day -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- As the country heads into the Memorial Day weekend, there are still almost 1.5 million U.S soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines deployed in war zones or combat missions worldwide, and the 3,000th coalition service member, a U.S. sailor, has died in Afghanistan.

So far, more than 6,400 U.S. servicemen and women have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and at least 48,000 more have been wounded.

Here is a look at the numbers behind the sacrifices of American military veterans of current and past wars:

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