Chart 5 is very interesting and there are lots of factors. For example, more military died during the Reagan years than the Bush years. The report doesn't explain this, but my guess is that it is because the military was bigger.
fas.org
1980 - 2,392
1981 - 2,380
1982 - 2,319
1983 - 2,465
1984 - 1,999
1985 - 2,252
1986 - 1,984
1987 - 1,983
1988 - 1,819
1989 - 1,636
1990 - 1,507
1991 - 1,787
1992 - 1,293
1993 - 1,213
1994 - 1,075
1995 - 1,040
1996 - 974
1997 - 817
1998 - 827
1999 - 796
2000 - 758
2001 - 891
2002 - 999
2003 - 1,228
2004 - 1,874
2005 - 1,942
2006 - 1,858
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