Veterans in Illinois
Recent Department of Veterans Affairs statistics report Illinois has having 721,575 veterans, with 539,880 serving during wartime, and 181,695 during peacetime. Of those that served during wartime, 206,504 served in the Gulf War, 241,854 in the Vietnam era, 65,381 the Korean Conflict, and 37,506 in WWII. Of the total count of veterans in Illinois, 54,707 are female, and 666,868 are male.