Starke County war casualties are recorded from the Civil War through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the Civil War, fought from April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865, Starke County had 2,195 inhabitants in 1860 and 155 Union Army enlistees, while the war between the North and South caused 620,000 casualties, the deadliest conflict in United States history. In World War I, from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918, Starke County had 12,000 people in 1917 and enrolled over 500 men and women for the Great War effort, while over 116,000 Americans and more than 40 million people worldwide died. In World War II, from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945, Starke County provided over 200 men and women, and the war killed 405,000 Americans and 80 million people worldwide. In the Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, Starke County enlisted over 280 personnel, and over 36,000 Americans died on the Korean Peninsula. In the Vietnam War, from February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975, communist North Vietnam fought democratic South Vietnam in a conflict that caused over 58,000 American deaths and over 1,600 casualties from Indiana. In Afghanistan, from October 7, 2001 to December 28, 2014, Operation Enduring Freedom sought to remove the Taliban from power because they were hosting Al-Qaeda terrorists and camps, who were the main suspects in the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the conflict caused 2,400 American military deaths. In Iraq, from March 20, 2003 to December 18, 2011, a United States coalition overthrew the repressive Iraqi government, and an estimated 4,750 American military personnel died there.