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U.S. CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 

November 11, 1986 
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FOREWORD 

This publication provides statistical data on United States military casualties in Southeast Asia as of 

November 11, 1986. Although the official period of time covered by the Southeast Asia Conflict extends 

from January 1, 1961, through April 30, 1975, there are instances where personnel are still dying from 

wounds incurred during the Conflict or where bodies are still being recovered and identified. 

Any requests for additional information regarding casualties in Southeast Asia should be directed to the 

National Archives at the following address: 

National Archives & Records Administration 

Special Archives Division 

Machine Readable Branch (NNSR) 

Washington, D.C. 20408 

The Department of Defense is also actively participating in an effort to account for nearly 2, 500 

missing servicemen and civilians from the Vietnam Conflict. The U.S. Government considers resolution of 

this issue a matter of the highest national priority. For further information and statistics in this 

regard, a POW-MIA Fact Book may be obtained from the following address: 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for International Security Affairs 

ATTN: Principal Advisor, POW /MIA Affairs 

Washington, D.C. 20301 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

I SECTION I. Summary of all Casualties by Casualty Group and Military Service .....•.•.......••.••..• 1 ,. 

Figure 1 . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • • • . . • . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . 2 

SECTION II. Deaths by Pay Grade and Military Service ..................•.........•..••.....•••••..... 4 

SECTION Ill. Deaths by Home State of Record and Hili tary Service ................................•...• 6 

SECTION IV. Deaths by Cause of Casualty and Hili tary Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

SECTION V. Deaths by Attained Age and Military Service ............................•............... 12 

SECTIONVI. Deaths by Race, Pay Grade, and Military Service ........•.............•.•.......•....... 14 

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Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 22 
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U.S. CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 

by Military Service 

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NAVY 

2,545 

MARINE CORPS 

14,829 

ARMY 

38,174 

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2,580 
U. S. C A S U A l T I E S I N S 0 U T H E A S T 

BY CASUALTY GROUP AND MILITARY SERVICE 

CASUALTY GROUP 

CASUALTIES -CAPTURED/INTERNED OR MISSING 

HOSTILE - CURRENT CAPTURED/INTERNED 

- CURRENT MISSING 

- RMC FROM CAPTURED 

- RMC FROM MISSING 

NONHOSTILE - CURRENT MISSING 

- RMC FROM MISSING 

CASUALTIES - DEATHS 

HOSTILE - KILLED 

- DIED OF WOUNDS 

- DIED WHILE MISSING 

- DIED WHILE CAPTURED 

- TOTAL HOSTILE DEATHS 

NONHOSTILE - DIED OTHER 

- DIED IllNESS 

- DIED WHILE MISSING 

- TOTAL NONHOSTILE DEATHS 

TOTAL DEATHS 

USA 

0 

0 

133 

54 

0 

13 

25369 

3530 

1960 

45 

30904 

4909 

1432 

929 

7270 

38174 

USN 

0 

0 

145 

5 

0 

2 

1115 

3530 

326 

36 

1629 

573 

63 

280 

916 

2545 

3 

USCG 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4 

1 

0 

0 

5 

2 

0 

0 

2 

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USMC 

0 

0 

39 

2 

0 

4 

11495 

1465 

110 

9 

13079 

1434 

313 

3 

1750 

14829 

USAF 

1 

0 

333 

34 

0 

7 

551 

48 

1143 

23 

1765 

515 

159 

141 

815 

2580 

TOTAL 

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0 

650 

95 

0 

26 

38534 

5196 

3539 

113 

47382 

7433 

1967 

1353 

10753 

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BY PAY GRADE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RANK I GRADE USA USN USCG USMC USAF TOTAL 

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MAJ GENERAL - REAR ADMIRAL(U) 2 0 0 1 2 5 BRIG GENERAL - REAR ADMIRAL(L) 5 1 0 0 1 7 COLONEL - CAPTAIN 19 25 0 7 183 234 LT COLONEL - COMMANDER 117 91 0 30 184 422 MAJOR - LT COMMANDER 253 165 0 78 397 893 CAPTAIN - LIEUTENANT 1017 167 1 212 653 2050 lsi LIEUTENANT - LIEUTENANT(JG) 1473 153 2 308 236 2172 2nd LIEUTENANT - ENSIGN 496 18 0 284 8 806 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-4 6 0 0 2 4 12 

I CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-3 59 0 0 2 0 61 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-2 281 0 0 7 0 288 

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CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-1 905 4 0 6 0 915 

TOTAL OFFICERS 4633 624 3 937 1668 7865 

E-9 51 4 0 18 . 40 113 E-8 193 13 0 32 34 272 E-7 986 67 1 114 65 1233 E-6 2231 185 1 298 134 2849 E-5 5131 325 1 725 227 6409 E-4 11515 617 0 2320 247 14699 E-3 12816 639 1 4376 148 17980 E-2 476 68 0 5630 9 6183 E-1 142 3 0 379 0 524 

TOTAL ENLISTED 33541 1921 4 13892 904 50262 

GRADES NOT REPORTED 0 0 0 0 8 8 

TOTAL DEATHS FOR ALL GRADES 38174 2545 7 14829 2580 58135 

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BY HOME STATE OF RECORD AND MILITARY SERVICE 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME STATE OF RECORD USA USN USCG USMC USAF TOTAL 

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ALABAMA 848 31 0 279 47 1205 ALASKA 43 5 0 8 1 57 ARIZONA 396 41 0 155 I 31 623 ARKANSAS 397 34 0 133 25 589 'j CALIFORNIA 3623 314 1 1431 202 5571 

COLORADO 377 30 0 167 46 620 CONNECTICUT 348 27 0 200 38 613 DELAWARE 81 5 0 32 4 122 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 157 3 0 68 13 241 FLORIDA 1289 75 1 472 110 1947 

GEORGIA 1133 49 0 341 58 1581 HAWAII 217 7 0 44 9 277 IDAHO 140 11 1 54 11 217 ILLINOIS 1866 118 0 834 111 2929 INDIANA 986 61 0 420 65 1532 

IOWA 540 58 0 202 51 851 KANSAS 386 48 0 148 42 624 KENTUCKY 765 22 0 216 49 1052 LOUISIANA 575 39 1 227 39 881 MAINE 216 19 0 87 20 342 

MARYLAND 644 34 0 295 37 1010 MASSACHUSETTS 

MICHIGAN 712 80 0 470 58 1320 1863 94 0 617 74 2648 

MISSISSIPPI 

MINNESOTA 713 65 0 242 52 1072 488 15 0 112 21 636 

MISSOURI 

MONTANA 948 56 0 324 79 1407 169 23 0 59 16 267 NEBRASKA 263 28 0 81 23 395 NEVADA 86 14 0 45 4 149 NEW HAMPSHIRE 131 9 0 70 13 223 

NEW JERSEY 930 64 0 421 65 1480 NEW MEXICO 259 21 0 106 14 400 NEW YORK 2657 148 0 1121 190 4116 NORTH CAROLINA 1179 52 0 312 64 1607 NORTH DAKOTA 134 14 0 37 13 198 

OHIO 1939 122 1 904 124 3090 OKLAHOMA 674 39 I ' 0 221 57 991 OREGON 419 51 0 196 41 107 PENNSYLVANIA 1868 152 0 973 146 3139 RHODE ISLAND 138 6 0 49 14 207 SOUTH CAROLINA 657 21 0 187 30 895 

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SOUTH DAKOTA 137 12 0 32 11 192 TENNESSEE 888 33 0 317 54 1292 TEXAS 2200 147 2 887 177 3413 

UTAH 247 14 0 84 18 363 VERMONT 68 7 0 22 3 100 

VIRGINIA 871 47 0 314 73 1305 WASHINGTON 668 64 0 268 52 1052 WEST VIRGINIA 503 21 0 181 27 732 WISCONSIN 766 69 0 284 35 1154 WYOMING 84 6 0 23 6 119 

CANAL ZONE 2 0 0 0 0 2 GUAM 58 1 0 11 0 70 PUERTO RICO 322 2 0 17 4 345 AMERICAN SAMOA 1 0 0 3 0 4 VIRGIN ISLANDS 14 0 0 1 0 15 

OTHER 74 17 0 25 5 121 

UNKNOWN 17 0 0 0 8 25 

TOTAL DEATHS 38174 2545 7 14829 2580 58135 

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AIRCRAFT LOSS/CRASH NOT AT SEA 

VEHICLE LOSS/CRASH 

GUNSHOT OR SMALL ARMS FIRE 

ARTILLERY/ROCKET 

BOMB EXPLOSION 

OTHER EXPLOSION (GRENADE, MINE) 

MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS 

MISADVENTURE 

DROWNED/SUFFOCATED 

BURNS 

ILLNESS/NOT MALARIA/HEPATITIS 

MALARIA 

HEPATITIS 

HEART ATTACK 

STROKE 

SUICIDE 

ACCIDENTAL SELF DESTRUCTION 

INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE 

ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE 

OTHER ACCIDENT 

OTHER CAUSES 

UNKNOWN OR NOT REPORTED 

TOTAL DEATHS 

U. S. 

USA 

10 

2559 

28 

12389 

2362 

37 

4104 

7367 

834 

143 

352 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

461 

258 

30904 

C A S U A L T I E S I N S 0 U T H E A S T A S I A 

BY CAUSE OF CASUALTY AND MILITARY SERVICE 

USN 

87 

355 

15 

400 

317 

2 

257 

80 

76 

12 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

3 

7 

14 

1629 

HOSTILE 

USCG 

0 

1 

0 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

5 

USMC 

30 

631 

38 

5646 

2120 

11 

3056 

1006 

413 

28 

24 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

19 

57 

13079 

USAF 

40 

1553 

0 

32 

110 

1 

17 

1 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

.0 

0 

1 

0 

7 

1765 

10 

TOTAL 

167 

5099 

81 

18469 

4911 

51 

7434 

8454 

1326 

183 

379 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4 

487 

336 

47382 

USA 

49 

2233 

864 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

634 

97 

363 

75 

17 

177 

33 

354 

680 

199 

552 

834 

56 

51 

7270 

USN 

200 

85 

37 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

195 

13 

27 

3 

0 

22 

2 

0 

5 

4 

59 

96 

156 

12 

916 

NONHOSTILE 

USCG 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2 

USMC 

124 

232 

148 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

167 

30 

56 

40 

4 

24 

5 

23 

132 

22 

312 

382 

42 

7 

1750 

USAF 

27 

331 

55 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

24 

9 

41 

0 

1 

51 

2 

5 

24 

5 

20 

55 

8 

153 

815 

TOTAL 

400 

2881 

1104 

1 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1020 

149 

487 

118 

22 

274 

42 

382 

841 

230 

943 

1369 

262 

223 

10753 
CAUSE OF CASUALTY 

AIRCRAFT LOSS/CRASH AT SEA 

AIRCRAFT LOSS/CRASH NOT AT SEA 

VEHICLE LOSS/CRASH 

GUNSHOT OR SHALL ARMS FIRE 

ARTILLERY/ROCKET 

BOMB EXPLOSION 

OTHER EXPLOSION (GRENADE, MINE) 

MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS 

MISADVENTURE 

DROWNED/SUFFOCATED 

BURNS 

ILLNESS/NOT MALARIA/HEPATITIS 

MALARIA 

HEPATITIS 

HEART ATTACK 

STROKE 

SUICIDE 

ACCIDENTAL SELF DESTRUCTION 

INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE 

~CCIDENTAL HOMICIDE 

OTHE:'R ACCIDENT 

OTHER CAUSES 

UNKNOWN DR NOT REPORTED 

TOTAL DEATHS 

u. s. C A S U A L t I E S I N S 0 U T H E A S T A S I A 

BY CAUSE OF CASUALTY AND ENVIRONMENT 

AIR 

167 

5095 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

5263 

HOSTILE 

GROUND 

0 

4 

81 

18467 

4896 

51 

7430 

8454 

1289 

183 

379 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

D 

0 

0 

0 

3 

487 

297 

42021 

11 

SEA 

0 

0 

0 

2 

15 

0 

4 

0 

37 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

59 

TOTAL 

167 

5099 

81 

18469 

4911 

51 

7434 

8454 

1326 

183 

379 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4 

487 

297 

47382 

AIR 

399 

2878 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

3278 

NONHOSTILE 

GROUND 

0 

3 

1103 

1 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

946 

144 

476 

117 

22 

266 

40 

381 

840 

230 

939 

1342 

110 

55 

7020 

SEA 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

74 

5 

11 

1 

0 

8 

2 

1 

1 

0 

4 

27 

152 

4 

291 

TOTAL 

400 

2881 

1104 

1 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

1020 

149 

487 

118 

22 

274 

42 

382 

841 

230 

943 

1369 

262 

59 

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BY ATTAINED AGE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

ATTAINED AGE USA USN USCG USMC USAF TOTAL 

17 8 1 0 3 1 13 

18 1332 30 0 1742 4 3108 

19 4281 186 0 3778 27 8272 

20 9709 382 1 3950 71 14113 

21 7150 378 0 2050 104 9682 

22 3538 253 0 925 75 4791 

23 2642 172 0 588 80 3482 

24 1981 144 0 403 123 2651 

25 1464 133 2 273 132 2004 

26 999 . 107 1 183 120 1410 

27 630 64 1 119 100 914 

28 500 55 0 104 107 766 

29 468 44 0 91 106 709 

30 398 63 0 66 103 630 

31 411 51 0 76 105 643 

32 332 69 0 79 130 610 

33 279 46 0 65 114 504 

34 293 43 1 47 113 497 

35 258 52 0 43 113 466 

36 269 37 0 45 115 466 

37 246 38 1 56 107 448 38 199 39 0 19 85 342 39 164 33 0 31 70 298 40 116 30 0 18 64 228 

41 90 10 0 16 54 170 

42 81 20 0 11 38 150 43 57 16 0 10 52 135 44 61 9 0 2 39 111 45 36 4 0 7 38 85 46 31 8 0 5 39 83 

47 26 7 0 6 37 76 48 21 4 0 6 19 50 49 19 3 0 3 23 48 50 12 5 0 I 13 31 

51 AND OVER 29 9 0 5 49 92 

UNKNCMN 44 0 0 3 8 55 

TOTAL CASUALTIES 38174 2545 7 14829 2580 58135 

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U.S. CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 

by Race, Pay Grade and Military Service 

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MAJ GENERAL - REAR ADMIRAL(U) 2 0 0 1 2 5 BRIG GENERAL - REAR ADMIRAL(L) 5 1 0 0 1 7 COLONEL - CAPTAIN 19 25 0 7 178 229 

MAJOR 

LT COLONEL - COMMANDER 111 90 0 30 174 405 - LT COMMANDER 245 165 0 78 370 858 CAPTAIN - LIEUTENANT 976 166 1 209 598 1950 lsi LIEUTENANT - LIEUTENANT( JG) 1412 153 2 305 214 2086 2nd LIEUTENANT ENSIGN 482 18 0 281 8 789 

CHIEF 

CHIEF 

WARRANT 

WARRANT 

OFFICER 

OFFICER 

W-4 

W-3 

6 0 0 2 4 12 

CHIEF WARRANT 57 0 0 2 0 59 

CHIEF WARRANT 

OFFICER W-2 273 0 0 7 0 280 OFFICER W-1 890 4 0 6 0 900 

TOTAL OFFICERS 4478 622 3 928 1549 7580 

E-9 

E-8 46 4 0 18 34 102 

E-7 165 12 0 29 31 237 

E-6 810 63 1 103 62 1039 1767 169 1 251 117 2305 E-5 

E-4 4455 313 1 636 182 5587 

E-3 9842 594 0 2051 178 12665 

E-2 10536 602 1 3770 125 15034 

E-1 323 61 0 4730 4 5118 82 1 0 295 0 378 

TOTAL ENLISTED 28026 1819 4 11883 733 42465 

TOTAL DEATHS FOR ALL GRADES 32504 2441 7 12811 2282 50045 

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RANK I GRADE 

U. S. C A S U A L T 1 E S I N S 0 U T H E A S T 

BY RACE - BLACK 

AND BY PAY GRADE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

USA USN USCG USMC 

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COLONEL - CAPTAIN 0 0 0 0 5 5 

LT COLONEL - COMMANDER 6 1 0 0 2 9 

MAJOR - LT COMMANDER 6 0 0 0 2 8 

CAPTAIN - LIEUTENANT 35 1 0 2 7 45 

lsi LIEUTENANT - LIEUTENANT ( JG I 46 0 0 1 1 48 

2nd LIEUTENANT - ENSIGN 13 0 0 3 0 16 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-2 6 0 0 0 0 6 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-1 9 0 0 0 0 9 

TOTAL OFFICERS 122 2 0 6 17 147 

E-9 5 0 0 0 5 10 

E-8 23 1 0 3 2 29 

E-7 154 2 0 6 1 163 

E-6 403 10 0 41 4 458 

E-5 616 8 0 82 22 728 

E-4 1527 17 0 250 30 1824 

E-3 2165 33 0 546 16 2760 

E-2 144 6 0 851 2 1003 

E-1 58 I 0 80 0 139 

TOTAL ENLISTED 5095 78 0 1859 82 7114 

TOTAL DEATHS FOR ALL GRADES 5217 80 0 1865 99 7261 

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BY RACE - MONGOLIAN 

AND BY PAY GRADE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

A S I A 

RANK I GRADE USA USN USCG USMC USAF TOTAl 

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MAJOR - LT COMMANDER 0 0 0 0 1 1 CAPTAIN - liEUTENANT 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 s I liEUTENANT - liEUTENANT(JG) 7 0 0 2 1 10 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-1 3 0 0 0 0 3 

TOTAl OFFICERS 13 0 0 2 3 18 

E-8 1 0 0 0 1 2 E-7 4 0 0 2 0 6 E-6 13 0 0 0 0 13 E-5 9 0 0 0 1 10 E-4 23 0 0 2 3 28 E-3 26 0 0 4 1 31 E-2 2 1 0 3 0 6 

TOTAl ENLISTED 78 1 0 11 6 96 

TOTAl DEATHS FOR All GRADES 91 1 0 13 9 114 

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BY RACE - AMERICAN INDIAN ! 

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BY RACE - MALAYAN 

AND BY PAY GRADE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

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MAJOR - LT COMMANDER 0 0 0 0 1 1 CAPTAIN - LIEUTENANT 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 s I LIEUTENANT - LIEUTENANT( JG) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2nd LIEUTENANT - ENSIGN I 0 0 0 0 I 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-1 I 0 0 0 0 1 

TOTAL OFFICERS 5 0 0 0 I 6 

E-8 

E-9 0 0 0 0 1 1 

E-7 2 0 0 0 0 2 

E-6 16 2 0 2 0 20 

E-5 39 5 0 6 I 51 

E-4 27 3 0 7 0 37 

E-3 so 4 0 7 0 61 

E-2 29 2 0 24 I 56 

E 0 0 0 18 0 18 -I 0 0 0 1 0 I 

TOTAL ENLISTED 163 16 0 65 3 247 

TOTAL DEATHS FOR ALL GRADES 168 16 0 65 4 253 

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U. S. C A S U A L T I E S I N S 0 U T H E A S T A S I A 

BY RACE - OTHER/UNKNOWN 

AND BY PAY GRADE AND MILITARY SERVICE 

RANK I GRADE USA USN USCG USMC USAF TOTAL 

LT COLONEL - COMMANDER 0 0 0 0 8 8 

MAJOR - LT COMMANDER 2 0 0 0 23 25 

CAPTAIN - LIEUTENANT 1 0 0 0 47 48 

lsi LIEUTENANT - LIEUTENANT(JG) 5 0 0 0 20 25 

CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER W-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 

TOTAL OFFICERS 9 0 0 0 98 107 

E-8 1 0 0 0 0 1 

E-7 2 0 0 0 2 4 

E-6 1 0 0 0 12 13 

E-5 7 0 0 0 21 28 

E-4 18 0 0 1 36 55 

E-3 12 0 0 0 5 17 

E-2 0 0 0 0 3 3 

TOTAL ENLISTED 41 0 0 1 79 121 

TOTAL GRADES NOT REPORTED 0 0 0 0 8 8 

TOTAL DEATHS FOR ALL GRADES 50 0 0 1 185 236 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS 

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Glossary of Terms 

Casualty. Any person who is lost to the organization by reasons of having been declared dead, missing, 

captured, interned, wounded, injured, or seriously ill. 

Died. Active duty military personnel lost to their organization by reason of having been declared dead. 

Missing. Active duty military personnel who are not present at their duty station due to apparent 

involuntary reasons and whose location is not known. Excluded are personnel who are in an 

absent-without-leave or deserter status or those who have been dropped from the rolls of their military 

service. 

Captured or Interned. Active duty military personnel who have been detained as the result of action of an 

unfriendly military or paramilitary force in a foreign country. 

Returned to Military Control (RMC). 

who have been returned to U.S. 

PENTAGON liBRARY 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Active duty military personnel previously missing, captured, or interned 

military authority. 

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