Most Americans didn't die in fighting, they died from diseases. Gulf war syndrome, depleted uranium ammunition which fragments into toxic dust on impact, and the burn pits, never forget the burn pits.

A guy I met was a medic in AF, he said your first 2 weeks there you cough your lungs out, coughing up black tar from the smoke that pervades the whole city. Then after a few weeks your body gives up and you stop coughing.