Appendix III
Casualties

Marine Organizations1 Killed or Died of Wounds2 Wounded Total
Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted
             
4th Marine Division            
    Hq Co, Hq Bn     2 2 2 2
     4th Sig Co       2   2
     MP Co     1   1  
     4th Spec Wpns Bn     1 8 1 8
     4th Tank Bn 1 6 1 7 2 13
     4th Serv Bn       2   2
     4th MT Bn     2 2 2 2
     4th Amph Trac Bn       1   1
     10th Amph Trac Bn   9   8   17
     11th Amph Trac Bn   6       6
     1st Armd Amph Bn   9   8   17
     4th Marines:            
          1st Bn       2   2
          2d Bn   1   6   7
          3d Bn   5 1 2 1 7
     20th Marines:            
          H&S Co   7 3 17 3 24
          1st Bn 1 22 2 21 3 43
          2d Bn 2 3 1 10 3 13
     23d Marines:            
          H&S and Wpns Cos     1 3 1 3
          1st Bn   2 2 13 2 15
          2d Bn   13 1 36 1 49
          3d Bn

 

  3 2 10 2 13

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Marine Organizations Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded Total
Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted
             
     24th Marines:            
          H&S and Wpns Cos 1 6 2 9 3 15
          1st Bn 3 44 3 64 6 108
          2d Bn 3 91 5 123 8 214
          3d Bn 6 72 5 94 11 166
     25th Marines:            
          H&S and Wpns Cos     1 3 1 3
          1st Bn   9 1 7 1 16
          2d Bn   13   8   21
          3d Bn   1   14   15
     1st JASCO 2 4   4 2 8
     Reconn Co, VAC   7 1 11 1 18
     10th Defense Bn       1   1
     15th Defense Bn   5 1 39 1 44
     22d Marines:            
          H&S and Wpns Cos   8   19   27
          1st Bn 1 97 12 193 13 290
          2d Bn 1 60 1 128 2 188
          3d Bn 2 72 9 145 11 217
          2d Sep Pk How Bn   2 2 8 2 10
          2d Sep Tank Co   6 1 13 1 19
          2d Sep Engr Co   5 1 23 1 28
     4th Marine Base Defense Air Wing:            
          MAG-13:            
               VMSB-231 1 2 1 1 2 3
               VMSB-331     2 2 2 2
          MAG-22:            
               Hq Sq-22   1   2   3
               AWS-1   1   2   3
               SMS-22       4   4
               VMF-113       3   3
               VMF-422   1   4   5
          MAG-31:            
               Hq Sq-31   9   16   25
               SMS-31   6   23   29
               VMF-111 1   4 9 5 9
               VMF-224   2 3 17 3 19
               VMF-311     2   2  
               VMF-441 1   4 2 5 2
      _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
     Total3

 

26 610 81 1,151 107 1,761

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Navy Medical4 Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded Total
Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted
             
     4th Marine Division   1 2 15 2 16
     22d Marines   6   13   19
     MAG-31   2       2
     Photo Sq No. 3   1       1
        _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
     Total

 

  10 2 28 2 38

Army Organizations5

 

     
             
     7th Infantry Division:            
          17th Inf   16 2 77 2 93
         32d Inf 2 55 19 303 21 358
          184th Inf 1 64 18 252 18 316
          13th Engr Bn   10   31   41
          57th FA Bn   2 1 9 1 11
          48th FA Bn 1       1  
          49th FA Bn       5   5
          145th FA Bn   9   22   31
          7th Div Arty 1       1  
          7th Med Bn   1 1 1 1 2
          7th Reconn Trp   2 2 18 2 20
          7th Div Hqs 1       1  
          91st Chem Co   1   13   14
          75th Sig Co       4   4
          47th Engr Co   3   1   4
          767th Tank Bn   1 2 5 2 6
          111th Inf   2 1 5 1 7
          867th AAA       1   1
          4th Army Def Bn   1   1   2
      _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
     Total

 

6 167 45 748 51 915
             
     708th Amph Tank Bn6

 

  1 3 33 3 34

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Army Organizations7 Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded Total
       
     RCT 106 (Reinf) (less BLT 106-2):      
          106th Inf 82 281 363
          104th FA Bn 2 8 10
          104th Engr Bn 6 10 16
          Co B, 102d Engr Bn 1 4 5
          Co C, 102d Med Bn 2   2
          Det, 295th Sig Co   1 1
          Co C, 766th Tk Bn 1 5 6
          Det, 727th Ord Co 1   1
          Hq Btry, 27th Div Arty   1 1
          Hq, 27th Inf Div   1 1
          Yank Magazine 1   1
           _____ _____ _____
     Total

 

96 311 407

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Footnotes

1. Marine casualty figures furnished by Personnel Accounting Section, Records Branch, Personnel Department, HQMC. These figures were certified and released on 26 August 1952, and includes those casualties incurred in the Marshalls within the period 31 January through 6 April 1944.

2. Includes MIA and Missing, Presumed Dead figures.

3.The following organizations suffered no casualties during the operation: 1st Defense Bn, 2d Sep Transport Co, 2d Sep Med Co and 3d Bn, 20th Marines.

4. 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.

5. These figures taken from 7th Infantry Division FLINTLOCK Operation, ACofS, G-1 Report of Operation.

6. This unit participated in both the Kwajalein and Eniwetok operations. Casualty figures are taken from the 708th Amph Tank Bn History, 27Oct43-31Dec44, which lumps together all casualty figures for the Marshalls.

7. These figures taken from 106th RCT Operation Report, Eniwetok. No breakdown into officers and enlisted was shown.



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