UNIT Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded in Action Total Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl V Corps2 1 25 0 14 22 212 23 249 3d Marine Division Division Troops3 6 151 2 41 25 573 33 775 9th Marines H&S and Weapons 0 15 0 5 7 74 7 94 1st Bn 5 124 1 34 14 423 20 581 2d Bn 4 170 2 41 20 389 26 600 3d Bn 32 104 3 24 19 326 54 454 21st Marines H&S and Weapons 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1st Bn 3 69 1 51 16 396 20 516 2d Bn 8 95 0 20 20 441 28 556 3d Bn 5 89 1 26 18 383 24 498 12th Marines H&S Btry 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1st Bn 0 6 1 2 8 38 9 46 2d Bn 1 3 1 4 3 38 5 45 3d Bn 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 9 4th Bn 1 2 0 0 3 18 4 20 3d Tank Bn 0 23 0 2 8 85 8 110 3d Engineer Bn 0 5 0 4 3 92 3 101
UNIT Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded in Action Total Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl 3d Marine Division--Cont. 3d Pioneer Bn 0 3 0 0 1 8 1 11 3d Service Bn 0 0 0 1 3 13 3 14 3d MT Bn 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 7 3d Medical Bn 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 4th Marine Division Division Troops4 16 105 2 24 23 504 41 633 23d Marines H&S and Weapons 0 24 0 3 5 81 5 108 1st Bn 8 142 1 33 20 417 29 592 2d Bn 5 125 3 30 26 538 34 693 3d Bn 6 101 1 22 22 443 29 566 24th Marines H&S and Weapons 0 5 0 0 1 53 1 58 1st Bn 4 112 5 27 18 460 27 599 2d Bn 9 138 1 31 20 516 30 685 3d Bn 1 141 0 33 27 558 28 732 25th Marines H&S and Weapons 2 9 0 6 12 79 14 94 1st Bn 6 111 0 31 16 446 22 588 2d Bn 8 196 0 51 19 540 27 787 3d Bn 10 184 0 38 26 502 36 724 14th Marines H&S Btry 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1st Bn 2 14 0 8 4 75 6 97 2d Bn 1 10 0 0 7 45 8 55 3d Bn 3 11 1 2 7 51 11 64 4th Bn 1 2 0 1 2 31 3 24 4th Tank Bn 0 20 2 3 12 86 14 109 4th Engineer Bn 4 51 1 9 22 244 27 304 4th Pioneer Bn 2 24 1 4 15 143 18 171 4th Service Bn 0 0 0 0 1 18 1 18 4th MT Bn 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 8 4th Medical Bn 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 5th Amph Trac Bn 2 8 0 0 0 35 2 43 10th Amph Trac Bn 0 7 0 1 0 27 0 35 5th Marine Division Division Troops5 22 393 2 107 32 941 56 1,441
UNIT Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded in Action Total Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl 5th Marine Division--Cont. 26th Marines H&S and Weapons 1 19 2 6 9 109 12 134 1st Bn 4 177 2 64 30 748 36 989 2d Bn 2 125 4 54 28 570 34 749 3d Bn 5 150 2 33 24 507 31 690 27th Marines H&S and Weapons 4 19 1 8 8 111 13 138 1st Bn 6 161 5 61 27 530 38 752 2d Bn 2 85 2 35 22 481 26 601 3d Bn 5 118 1 53 15 509 21 680 28th Marines H&S and Weapons 1 23 0 7 3 92 4 122 1st Bn 4 134 3 40 25 573 32 747 2d Bn 6 138 0 34 25 586 31 758 3d Bn 5 162 1 34 16 464 22 660 13th Marines H&S Btry 0 4 0 1 0 11 0 16 1st Bn 4 27 2 7 5 58 11 92 2d Bn 1 9 0 3 2 50 3 62 3d Bn 2 22 2 6 9 78 13 106 4th Bn 0 18 0 3 1 55 1 76 5th Tank Bn 1 12 0 5 8 52 9 69 5th Engineer Bn 1 30 0 24 11 187 12 241 5th Pioneer Bn 5 25 0 11 10 168 15 204 5th Service Bn 1 5 0 2 0 41 1 48 5th MT Bn 0 7 1 0 4 53 5 60 5th Medical Bn 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3d Amph Trac Bn 0 3 0 5 0 17 0 25 11th Amph Trac Bn 0 1 0 1 6 28 6 30 Marine air units and ships' detachments6 2 23 0 0 5 28 7 51 Total Marine Casualties7 215 4,339 60 1,271 826 16,446 1,101 22,056 Total KIA Officers Enlisted 275 5,610
NAVY UNITS Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded in Action Missing, Presumed Dead Total Hospital Corpsmen serving with Marine units8 176 19 529 0 724 Medical and Dental Officers serving with Marine Units 2 0 12 0 14 31st, 62d, and 133d Naval Constructions Battalions 42 7 218 2 269 Ships, craft, and air units9 143 44 1,158 446 1,791 Total Navy Casualties 363 70 1,917 448 2,798 ARMY UNITS Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded in Action Missing, Presumed Dead Total Units attached to V Corps Landing Force10 7 1 28 1 37
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1. Marine Corps casualty figures furnished by Personnel Accounting Section, Records Branch, Personnel Department, HQMC. These figures were certified and released in August 1952. Footnotes
2. V Corps category includes: VAC Hq Bn, 1stg Prov Fld Arty Gp, 8th Fld Dpt, 2d Arm Amph Trac Bn, 2d Sep Engr Bn, VAC Sig Bn, VAC Med Bn, 2d Bomb Disp Co, Co B of FMFPac Amph Recon Bn, 2d Sep Topo Co, and other Corps Hq Troops.
3. 3d Division Troops category includes: H&S Co, Recon Co, MP Co, Sig Co, 3d JASCO, Special Wpns Bn, elements of 3d Marines attached, 28th, 30th, and 34th Repl Drafts.
4. 4th Division Troops category includes: H&S Co, Recon Co, MP Co, Sig Co, 1st JASCO, Co D (Scouts) of Hq Gn, 7th War Dog Plt, 1st Prov Rft Det, VMO-4, Amph Trk Co, 24th and 30th Repl Drafts.
5. 5th Division Troops category includes: H&S Co, Recon Co, MP Co, Sig Co, 5th JASCO, 6th War Dog Plt, 3d Prov Rkt Det, VMO-5, 25th, 27th, 31st and 37th Repl Drafts.
6. These include: Marine detachments on board the following naval vessels-- Chester, Nevada, Saratoga, Zeilin, Franklin, Randolph, Indianapolis, Boston, and in these Marine air units--VMF 214, VMF 311, VMB 612, VMTB 131, VMTB 134, VMTB 242, VMR 052, VMR 343, VMR 353.
7. These totals do not include 3 officers and 43 enlisted men still listed as missing, presumed dead, or the 46 officers and 2,602 enlisted men that were combat fatigue casualties during the operation.
8. Navy Hospital Corpsmen, Medical and Dental Officer casualty figures furnished by U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Statistics Division, "World War II Casualties," 1Aug52.
9. Navy ships, craft, air units, and construction bn casualty figures furnished by Navy Bureau of Personnel, Personal Affairs Division, Casualty Branch. These figures were compiled and released in 1948. They include all gunfire support ships, landing ships and craft, fire support craft, carriers, transports, mine sweepers, air units, UDT's, and shore-based units exclusive of medical personnel and naval construction bns attached to Marine units during the operation. Under U.S. Navy casualty accounting procedure the casualties included in the above missing, presumed dead column are broken down into four categories: presumed dead, determined dead, reported dead, and declared dead.
10. Casualty figures taken from VAC OpRpt, Annex G; 5th MarDiv SAR, Annex A. Casualty figures are for: 138th AAA Gp (USA); 568 SAW Bn; 726th SAW Co; 49th Sig Construction Bn; 442d and 592 Prt Cos; 471st, 473d, and 476th Amph Truck Cos.