Table 3.

Population Estimates of U.S. Women Veterans by Military Service Era

	Ending era
	WWII	Korea	Vietnam	Gulf War 1	OEF/OIF/OND	Total
Wartime	9/16/40–7/25/47	6/27/50–1/31/55	8/05/64–5/07/75	8/02/90–2/28/91	9/11/01-
Peacetime	7/26/47–6/26/50	2/01/55–8/04/64	5/08/75–8/01/90	3/01/91–9/10/01†
Starting era
WWII era*	7.2 %	1.6 %	1.0 %			9.7 %
Korea era		5.4 %	12.2 %	0.7 %		18.3 %
Vietnam era			16.6 %	34.9 %	1.9 %	53.3 %
Gulf war 1 era				15.8 %	2.0 %	17.8 %
OEF/OIF/OND					0.9 %	0.9 %
Total	7.2 %	7.0 %	29.7 %	51.4 %	4.8 %	100.0 %

Population estimates as of 9/30/09. Each era is comprised of the war period and the subsequent peacetime period. Column totals sum to > 100 % due to rounding. Analyses use ending era of military service

^*Includes service prior to the start of WWII

^†Includes post-9/11 service that was not in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND)