in the first world war that meant some 114,000 american servicemen sacrificed their lives in a conflict that was essentially europe 's ; in the second world war , the american toll was 292,000 ; in korea it was 54,000 ; in vietnam it was 58,000 ; and in the gulf war it was 383 -lrb- 235 of them from accidents , training deaths or `` friendly fire '' -rrb- .