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US deaths in WW2
417,000 US troops died in WW2.
Of this number, is it known how many died fighting the Germans and how many died fighting the Japanese?
Of this number, is it known how many died fighting the Germans and how many died fighting the Japanese?
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Von Schadewald,
I will try to help you find the answer. This is what the American Battlefield Monuments Commission has as total dead (not KIA, dead from all causes) in World War II. We only have the records of those casualties that are buried in our cemeteries or listed on the Walls of the Missing -- a total of 176,399 records. There were 405,399 American casualties in World War II. There web site address is: http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php
I will continue to search or if we are lucky R. Leonard will provide the answer. I am sure that when he was in high school the teachers just cringed with fear when they saw his name on the class list! LOL, Yes!
Mike
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I will try to help you find the answer. This is what the American Battlefield Monuments Commission has as total dead (not KIA, dead from all causes) in World War II. We only have the records of those casualties that are buried in our cemeteries or listed on the Walls of the Missing -- a total of 176,399 records. There were 405,399 American casualties in World War II. There web site address is: http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php
I will continue to search or if we are lucky R. Leonard will provide the answer. I am sure that when he was in high school the teachers just cringed with fear when they saw his name on the class list! LOL, Yes!
Mike
Currently sitting in a high school classroom.
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Thanks for that.
I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War that gives the US deaths in the Pacific War as 106,000 ie 300,000 US troops were killed in the European War. As US troops were basically "only" engaged against the Germans for 2.4 years, that's quite a total.
I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War that gives the US deaths in the Pacific War as 106,000 ie 300,000 US troops were killed in the European War. As US troops were basically "only" engaged against the Germans for 2.4 years, that's quite a total.
Some info will require some digging, a big chunk will not.
For USN battle casualties you need identify the ship, or squadron, or shore unit and determine where, when and circumstances of the losses. Tough to do with 100% confidence in the results and some of the info dang hard to obtain. A good place to start would be here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/onl ... istics.htm
USMC battle casualties. In a number that rapidly approaches 100%, Marine battle losses were all in the Pacific Theater, Though there were some in other theaters, statistically they don’t raise a blip.
Lucky for you, the US Army battle losses, including USAAF, are all available. At the CARL site you can download in four parts the final report of the Adjutant General, the “Army Battle Casualties And Nonbattle Deaths In World War II” (1946). Go to here:
http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.p ... =130&REC=2
Part I will probably do to answer your question as far as the Army is concerned.
Overall, US Army Deaths, including USAAF, by theater, and includes KIA, DOW, POW-KIA, POW-DOW, POW-NBD, MIA-DD, and MIA-NBD:
Atlantic Area Theaters:
Africa-Middle East – 1,031
Caribbean & South Atlantic - 38
European – 135,576
Mediterranean – 40,455
TOTAL – 177,100
Pacific Area Theaters:
Alaska Department - 877
China-Burma-India – 2,479
China (Separate) - 227
India-Burma (Separate) – 1,021
Pacific Theater – 50,385
Strategic Air Forces – 2,148
TOTAL – 120,186
Unknown Theater - 146
Enroute to Theater – 490
TOTAL US Army Battle Deaths: 225,618
US Navy deaths from enemy action (using the generalized Army categories):
Atlantic Theaters – 5793
Pacific Theaters – 31,157
Add in 19,733 USMC deaths from enemy action, for all intents and purposes 100% in the Pacific Theater, and you get
Atlantic Theaters: 182,893
Pacific Theaters: 171,076
So no, not a 3:1 ratio.
Rich
For USN battle casualties you need identify the ship, or squadron, or shore unit and determine where, when and circumstances of the losses. Tough to do with 100% confidence in the results and some of the info dang hard to obtain. A good place to start would be here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/onl ... istics.htm
USMC battle casualties. In a number that rapidly approaches 100%, Marine battle losses were all in the Pacific Theater, Though there were some in other theaters, statistically they don’t raise a blip.
Lucky for you, the US Army battle losses, including USAAF, are all available. At the CARL site you can download in four parts the final report of the Adjutant General, the “Army Battle Casualties And Nonbattle Deaths In World War II” (1946). Go to here:
http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.p ... =130&REC=2
Part I will probably do to answer your question as far as the Army is concerned.
Overall, US Army Deaths, including USAAF, by theater, and includes KIA, DOW, POW-KIA, POW-DOW, POW-NBD, MIA-DD, and MIA-NBD:
Atlantic Area Theaters:
Africa-Middle East – 1,031
Caribbean & South Atlantic - 38
European – 135,576
Mediterranean – 40,455
TOTAL – 177,100
Pacific Area Theaters:
Alaska Department - 877
China-Burma-India – 2,479
China (Separate) - 227
India-Burma (Separate) – 1,021
Pacific Theater – 50,385
Strategic Air Forces – 2,148
TOTAL – 120,186
Unknown Theater - 146
Enroute to Theater – 490
TOTAL US Army Battle Deaths: 225,618
US Navy deaths from enemy action (using the generalized Army categories):
Atlantic Theaters – 5793
Pacific Theaters – 31,157
Add in 19,733 USMC deaths from enemy action, for all intents and purposes 100% in the Pacific Theater, and you get
Atlantic Theaters: 182,893
Pacific Theaters: 171,076
So no, not a 3:1 ratio.
Rich
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They were NOT folded into Navy deaths, you are guessingMichael Emrys wrote:Coast Guard deaths may have been folded into Navy deaths since during wartime the Coast Guard is taken over by the Navy.
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http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/wars.html
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For US Merchant Marine battle deaths see the USMM website
http://www.usmm.org/casualty.html
Add the the Merchant Marine 9,500, the Coast Guard 1,900 to the DOD figure of 405,400 and you come to 416,800.
The Merchant Marine were declared veterans by President Reagan in 1988, they risked their lives in battle and deserve to be counted with US war dead like the Merchant Navies of the Commonwealth
http://www.usmm.org/casualty.html
Add the the Merchant Marine 9,500, the Coast Guard 1,900 to the DOD figure of 405,400 and you come to 416,800.
The Merchant Marine were declared veterans by President Reagan in 1988, they risked their lives in battle and deserve to be counted with US war dead like the Merchant Navies of the Commonwealth
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US Army Casualties by Theatre
Here is the breakout of casualties by theatre from "Army Battle Casualties And Nonbattle Deaths In World War II”
Pages 76 -77- 234,874 Battle deaths including(9,256) POW and missing - Atlantic Area 178,136: Pacific area 65,954. Area Unknown 39.
Pages 99-110 83,400 Non battle deaths not including (9,256) POW and missing on pages 76-77- Atlantic Area 25,176, Pacific Area 16,289, CONUS 39,898. Enroute and Unknown 2,037
Here is the breakout of casualties by theatre from "Army Battle Casualties And Nonbattle Deaths In World War II”
Pages 76 -77- 234,874 Battle deaths including(9,256) POW and missing - Atlantic Area 178,136: Pacific area 65,954. Area Unknown 39.
Pages 99-110 83,400 Non battle deaths not including (9,256) POW and missing on pages 76-77- Atlantic Area 25,176, Pacific Area 16,289, CONUS 39,898. Enroute and Unknown 2,037
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From http://www.history.navy.mil/library/onl ... istics.htm US Navy losses are available
From this website the following breakout ogf US Navy WW2 deaths are given
Total 36,950 in battle and 25,664 non battle deaths
Atlantic 5,781 in battle and 3,715 on battle deaths
Pacific 31,157 in battle and 8,827 non battle deaths
CONUS 12 battle and 13,122 non battle deaths
From this website the following breakout ogf US Navy WW2 deaths are given
Total 36,950 in battle and 25,664 non battle deaths
Atlantic 5,781 in battle and 3,715 on battle deaths
Pacific 31,157 in battle and 8,827 non battle deaths
CONUS 12 battle and 13,122 non battle deaths