UNIT | Killed or Died of Wounds | Wounded | TOTAL | |||
Officers | Enlisted | Officers | Enlisted | Officers | Enlisted |
NTLF Troops2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 148 | 7 | 170 |
XXIV Corps Arty (USA)3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 |
2d Marine Division; | ||||||
Division Troops4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 161 | 21 | 178 |
2d Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 1 | 13 | 4 | 86 | 5 | 99 |
1st Bn | 1 | 61 | 14 | 239 | 15 | 300 |
2d Bn | 1 | 45 | 6 | 207 | 7 | 252 |
3d Bn | 4 | 76 | 12 | 243 | 16 | 319 |
6th Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 2 | 22 | 4 | 92 | 6 | 114 |
1st Bn | 6 | 90 | 16 | 323 | 22 | 413 |
2d Bn | 6 | 120 | 13 | 335 | 19 | 455 |
3d Bn | 5 | 105 | 17 | 408 | 22 | 513 |
8th Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 1 | 15 | 6 | 73 | 7 | 88 |
1st Bn | 5 | 90 | 16 | 355 | 21 | 445 |
2d Bn | 6 | 91 | 9 | 364 | 15 | 455 |
3d Bn | 3 | 89 | 17 | 304 | 20 | 393 |
1st Bn, 29th Marines | 6 | 91 | 17 | 333 | 23 | 424 |
10th Marines5 | 10 | 88 | 25 | 237 | 35 | 325 |
18th Marines | 4 | 73 | 14 | 355 | 18 | 428 |
2d Armd Amph Bn | 5 | 36 | 7 | 100 | 12 | 136 |
2d Amph Trac Bn | 0 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 56 |
5th Amph Trac Bn | 1 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 39 |
2d Tank Bn | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
4th Marine Division; | ||||||
Division Troops6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 101 | 16 | 117 |
23d Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 5 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 9 | 68 |
1st Bn | 4 | 84 | 12 | 304 | 16 | 388 |
2d Bn | 5 | 97 | 18 | 278 | 23 | 375 |
3d Bn | 4 | 95 | 13 | 275 | 17 | 370 |
24th Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 0 | 16 | 9 | 71 | 9 | 87 |
1st Bn | 7 | 71 | 20 | 319 | 27 | 390 |
2d Bn | 2 | 78 | 19 | 295 | 21 | 373 |
3d Bn | 7 | 109 | 11 | 355 | 18 | 464 |
UNIT | Killed or Died of Wounds | Wounded | TOTAL | |||
Officers | Enlisted | Officers | Enlisted | Officers | Enlisted |
25th Marines; | ||||||
H&S and Weapons | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 20 |
1st Bn | 5 | 67 | 9 | 267 | 14 | 334 |
2d Bn | 2 | 88 | 10 | 288 | 12 | 376 |
3d Bn | 6 | 78 | 21 | 297 | 27 | 375 |
14th Marines7 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 227 | 28 | 271 |
20th Marines | 4 | 26 | 14 | 140 | 18 | 166 |
10th Amph Trac Bn | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 22 |
4th Tank Bn | 1 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 53 |
UNIT | Killed in Action | Wounded in Action | Missing in Action | TOTAL | ||||
Off | Enl | Off | Enl | Off | Enl | Off | Enl |
27th Infantry Division;8 | ||||||||
Special Troops | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
105th Inf Reg; | ||||||||
1st Bn | 9 | 199 | 15 | 276 | 1 | 46 | 25 | 521 |
2d Bn | 11 | 166 | 16 | 291 | 0 | 29 | 27 | 486 |
3d Bn | 0 | 45 | 8 | 158 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 205 |
Sp Units | 2 | 42 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 106 |
Det 295 JASCO | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
106th Inf Reg; | ||||||||
1st Bn | 3 | 46 | 14 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 270 |
2d Bn | 5 | 51 | 11 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 257 |
3d Bn | 5 | 50 | 14 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 256 |
Sp Units | 1 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 |
Det 295 JASC0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
165th Inf Reg; | ||||||||
1st Bn | 9 | 69 | 7 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 306 |
2d Bn | 2 | 50 | 19 | 233 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 284 |
3d Bn | 1 | 39 | 4 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 188 |
Sp Units | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
Det 295 JASCO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
27th Div Arty | 5 | 18 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 64 |
102d Med Bn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
1165th Engr Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Co C, 88th Chemical Bn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
102d Engr Bn | 0 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 81 |
773d Amph Trac Bn | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
762d Tank Bn | 3 | 15 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 75 |
38th Fld Hosp9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
708th Amph Tank Bn10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 184 |
715th Amph Trac Bn | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 |
534th Amph Trac Bn | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
GRAND TOTAL11 | 195 | 2,949 | 588 | 10,364 | 3 | 125 | 786 | 13,438 |
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Footnotes
1. Marine casualty figures furnished by Marine Records Section, HQMC, on 23Nov49 for period 15 June-9 July 1944.
2. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: VAC Hq, Med Bn, Sig Bn, Air Del Sec, Amph Recon Bn, 18th and 121st NC Bns, 7th Fld Dpt, AWS #5, and other Corps Hq Troops.
3. Figures from XXIV Corps Arty S-1 Report.
4. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: Div Hq, MP Co, Sig Bn, Recon Co, Prov Rkt Det, VMO, JASCO, Ser Bn, MT Bn, and Med Bn.
5. Also includes 2d 155m Howitzer Bn, V Amphibious Corps.
6. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: Div Hq, MP Co, Sig Bn, Recon Co, Prov Rkt Det, VMO, JASCO Ser Bn, and Med Bn.
7. Also includes 4th 105mm Howitzer Battalion, V Amphibious Corps.
8. Since no revised 27th Infantry Division casualty figures for the period 15 June-9 July are available, 27th Infantry Division G-1 Report for 21 July has been used.
9. From 27th Inf Div G-1 Periodic Report, 11Jul44.
10. From "Army Amphibious Tractor and Tank Battalions in the Battle for Saipan, 15 June-9 July 1944", 1stLt R. A. Gugeler, USA, 20Jan45. No breakdown into officers and enlisted was shown.
11. The following U. S. Army organizations suffered no casualties during the operation: 94th and 95th Bomb Disp Squads, 1st Plat, 604th Graves Reg (QM) Co, and 98th Portable Surgical Hospital.