The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
Army
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 The War Department emphasized that there might be errors in the report because 1t is the first of It's kind. However, every precaution was made towards eliminating er- TOTS. The report is incomplete at present, listing only casualties until Jan. 31, 1946. It includes all casual ties since May 27, 1941 when the President declared an unlimited na- tional emergency.
 176,432 Die In Action
 The report for the nation showed 176,4 ,4S2 killed in action; 25,493 died of wounds; 929 died of injuries; s5,- 219 died, non-battle; 19,481 finding of death, and 1,424 missing. The War Department stated that 1t is extremely reluctant to hold out hope to next of kin that any of the missing persons will be found alive. It is expected that after reason able lapse of time and after due in- vestigation, most of these missing cases will be closed with findings of death.
 The death rate" in various states (which also includes nlissing) fol- lowed closely the proportions of their contributions to Army strength, although some disloca- tions were noted, especially in the case of New Mexico, which early in the war suffered heavy casualties in a National Guard unit in the Philippines. New Mexico. with 4 percent of the nations population, contributed 43 of 1 percent of the Army's strength, and suffered .66 of one percent of the Army's total deaths. The states death rate in the Army was ATT percent, as com- pared to the national average of 2.98 percent.
 The highest death rate was sos percent for the District of Colum- bia, but this figure included num- erous Regular Army personnel who gave their home address, as The Adjutant General, Washington, al- though they did not actually live in the nations capitol. Other high death rates were noted in Montana, with 4.53 percent; North Dakota, 4.14 percent, and Arizona, 4.01 per- cent. The lowest death rate was in the case of the territories, which lost only 1.18 percent of their strength. Among the states, Mary land, with 2.2O percent, had the lowest rate. Other states with low death ratios were Mississippi, 232 percent; Louisiana, 2.36 percent; Alabama, 2.54 percent, and Florida, 2.63 percent.
 New York Suffered Most
 New York State, with the largest population and the largest contribu- tion to the Army's strength, lost 31, ,215 persons, the greatest number of any state. Other high death to- tals were found in the more popu- lous states; Pennsylvania, 26,554; Illinois, 18,601: California, 17022; Ohio, 16,827; and Texas, 15,764. The least populous states generally had the smallest number of deaths: Nevada, 349; Delaware, 579; Wyom- ing, 652, and Vermont, STA.
 The operation of the Selective Service System, which drew propor- tionately from all walks of life and all sections of the country, was noticeable throughout the report An evidence of the democratic working of the draft was the fact that only three of the smallest oi the nations 5000 counties failed tc suffer 8 casualty. These counties were King, in Texas; Esmeralda, ir Nevada, and Yellowstone Nationa Park, in Wyoming.
 The greatest losses among coun. ties were in the most thickly popu. lated areas: Cook (Chicago) Hi. nois, 9,723; Los Angeles, California 6,674; Kings (Brooklyn) New York 5,841. New York City, which | made up of the five borough -coun. ties of Bronx, Kings, New YorI
 (Manhattan), Queens and Rich mond (Staten Island), suffered 16,'
 l12 deaths. Other city totals wer,
 not available except in such case
 as San Francisco d,365), Philadel I lphia (4,393), Baltimore (2O3l) an, Gf Tonic (1 RQR> vryI,a1a olA-, n~.