The American death-count from that first Gulf war was 346 total from all causes, out of 511,000 troops deployed from August 1990 to February 1991.
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, thirty-six percent of the 581,000 retired veterans serving at the height of the 1991 Gulf War have filed health claims.
Of that number, 22 percent of the claims remain pending, or have been denied. As you stated, ore than 11,000 Gulf War veterans, whose average age was 36 when the war began, have since died, many from illnesses their families believed were war-related from exposures to chemical weapons that troops found and destroyed, depleted uranium from U.S. armor-piercing munitions, pollution from oil well fires, experimental vaccines, and anti-nerve agent pretreatment pills, among other toxins.
According to: Steve Robinson, of the
National Gulf War Resource Center
http://www.ngwrc.org /
~697,000 served in the first Gulf War;
~320,000 veterans who deployed in the first Gulf War have sought medical treatment from the VA;
~214,000 veterans who deployed to the first Gulf War have filed for disability;
~167,000 veterans who deployed to the first Gulf War have had their claim approved;
~40,000 veterans who deployed have had their claim denied;
~22,000 veterans have a claim pending
GAO Report, Gulf War Illness
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-833TBritish Syndrome Diaries
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-833TGulf War 'linked to nerve disease'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3129180.stmGulf War Illnesses~
Department of Veterans Affairs Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
http://www.va.gov/rac-gwvi /
Department of Defense, Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil /
Walter Reed Medical Center Program for Gulf War Veterans
http://160.151.186.19/departments/dhcc /
Gulf War Illnesses: Fact & Fiction - A Guide for Veterans and Families Am. Leigon
http://www.legion.org/pdf_files/gwi1.pdfGulf War Benefits & Programs: A Guide for Veterans and Families Am. Leigon
http://www.legion.org/pdf_files/gwi2.pdfGulf War/Agent Orange Helpline: 1-800-749-8387
National Gulf War Resource Center
http://www.ngwrc.org /
Citizen Soldier depleted uranium report
http://www.citizen-soldier.org/CS09-uranium.htmlGULFLINK FILES
http://www.citizen-soldier.org/CS09-uranium.htmlDepleted Uranium National Public Radio broadcast (4/18/03)
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1236241Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs - Gulf War Veterans Project
http://www.kcva.org/gulfwar.htmlThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Division of Epidemiology - Gulf War Syndrome
http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/epidemi/gws /
Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC)
http://hsrd.durham.med.va.gov/ERIC/ALS/ALSregistry.htmCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov /
Gulf War Veterans' Health
http://www.va.gov/gulfwar /