U.S. WAR CASUALTIES: National Affairs, Aug. 6, 1951
The Defense Department last week reported 577 more U.S. casualties in Korea, bringing total U.S. losses in 13 months of war to 78,381. The breakdown:
DEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,340
WOUNDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,248
MISSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,634
CAPTURED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Total casualties by services: Army, 63,940, Marine Corps, 12,860; Navy, 917; Air Force, 664.
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