Boone County veterans are honored in connection with World War I, 1917–1918, with battle deaths of 53,402; World War II, 1941–1945, with battle deaths of 291,557; the Korean War, 1950–1953, with battle deaths of 33,741; the Vietnam War, 1964–1975, with battle deaths of 47,424; and the Mid East Wars, 1990—.