Sunday, February 24, 2019

Merrill's Marauders - Annex No. 1: Casualties


CASUALTIES FOR THE 5307TH COMPOSITE UNIT (PROVISIONAL)
February to June, 1944
 CasualtiesPercent of casualties
ActualEstimated before operation
BATTLE CASUALTIES:
Battle deaths93  
Nonbattle deaths30  
Wounded in action293 (19)  
Missing in action8  
SUBTOTAL4241435
DISEASE CASUALTIES:
Amoebic dysentery503  
Typhus fever149  
Malaria296 20  
Psychoneurosis72  
Miscellaneous fevers (approx.)950  
SUBTOTAL19706650
TOTAL23948085

Notes

19. These are the official figures of The Adjutant General's battle casualty roster for hospitalized wounded. Many cases of light battle casualties were not evacuated but treated by unit surgeons and consequently not reported in hospital returns. Therefore, complete statistics are not obtainable. The actual number of wounded at Nhpum Ga alone exceed the official total for the entire campaign.
20. 296 is the number of malaria cases evacuated. Nearly every member of the force had it in more or less severe form.

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