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​US Army Casualties 1941–1946 (including Army Air Force)
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Killed in Action (KIA)            189,696
Wounded in Action (WIA)   592,170
Prisoner of War (POW)       124,079
Missing in Action (MIA)         30,314
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Army Casualty Total        936,259

WIA - Survived                      565,861
POW - Survived                    111,426
MIA - Survived ​                       24,098
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​Army Casualty Survivals 701,385
Killed in Action                    189,696
WIA - Died of Wounds          26,309  POW - Died while prisoner  12,653
MIA - Died  while missing       6,216
​                                              ------------
​Army Casualty Deaths    234,874
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​US Army Air Force Casualties 1941–1946
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Killed in Action (KIA)              44,785
Wounded in Action (WIA)     18,364
Prisoner of War (POW)         41,057
Missing in Action (MIA)         11,176
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AAF Casualty Total          115,382
                                                    
WIA - Survived                        17,359
POW - Survived                      38,294
MIA - Survived                          7,556
​                                              ------------
AAF Casualty Survivals     63,209
Killed in Action                      44,785
WIA - Died of Wounds            1,005
POW - Died while prisoner    2,763
MIA - Died while missing        3,620
​                                              ------------
 AAF Casualty Deaths        52,173

​US Army Casualties (less Army Air Force) 1941–1946
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Killed in Action (KIA)             144,911
Wounded in Action (WIA)    573,806
Prisoner of War (POW)          83,022
Missing in Action (MIA)          19,138
                                               ------------
- AAF Casualty Total         820,877
                                                      
WIA - Survived                      548,502
POW - Survived                      73,132
MIA - Survived                        16,542
​                                               ------------
- AAF Casualty Survivals  638,176
Killed in Action                    144,911
WIA - Died of Wounds         25,304  
POW - Died while prisoner   9,890 
MIA - Died while missing       2,596 
​                                               -----------
- AAF Casualty Deaths     182,701

​The WWII Campaign Deaths table below lists official WWII US Army campaigns and associated death counts.
Commentary follows the table.
(Note to self: add link to alternative campaign table)
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WWII Campaign Deaths

 

Atlantic Area Campaigns

Division

Air

Other

Total

Air Offensive, Europe (ETO)

4 Jul 1942–5 Jun 1944

0

7,504

0

7,504

Algeria-French Morocco (MTO)

8 Nov 1942–11 Nov 1942

253

23

203

479

Anzio (MTO)

22 Jan 1944–24 May 1944

4,520

0

1,018

5,538

Ardennes-Alsace (ETO)

16 Dec 1944–25 Jan 1945

14,973

1,314

2,959

19,246

Central Europe (ETO)

22 Mar 1945–11 May 1945

11,843

1,633

1,533

15,009

Egypt-Libya (MTO)

11 Jun 1942–12 Feb 1943

0

997

0

997

Naples-Foggia (MTO)

air: 18 Aug 1943–21 Jan 1944

ground: 9 Sep 1943–21 Jan 1944

2,604

1,599

2,063

6,266

Normandy (ETO)

6 Jun 1944–24 Jul 1944

12,923

2,506

864

16,293

North Apennines (MTO)

10 Sep 1944–4 Apr 1945

4,903

3,070

513

8,486

Northern France (ETO)

25 Jul 1944–14 Sep 1944

13,850

2,261

1,733

17,844

Po Valley (MTO)

5 Apr 1945–8 May 1945

1,297

258

359

1,914

Rhineland (ETO)

15 Sep 1944–21 Mar 1945

40,293

4,761

5,356

50,410

Rome-Arno MTO)

22 Jan–9 Sep 1944

5,032

4,808

1,553

11,393

Sicily (MTO)

air: 14 May 1943–

ground: 9 Jul 1943–

1,434

753

385

2,572

Southern France (MTO)

15 Aug 1944–14 Sep 1944

961

4,524

1,816

7,301

Tunisia (MTO)

air: 12 Nov 1942–13 May 1943

ground: 17 Nov 1942–13 May 1943

1,993

309

536

2,838

Pacific Area Campaigns

Division

Air

Other

Total

Air Offensive, Japan

17 Apr 1942–2 Sep 1945

0

3,602

0

3,602

Aleutian Islands (NP)

3 Jun 1943 –24 Aug 1943

457

239

122

818

Bismarck Archipelago (SWPA)

15 Dec 1943-

64

264

18

346

Burma, 1942 & India-Burma, 7 Dec –28 Jan 1945 (CBI)

0

1,922

875

2,797

Central Burma (CBI)

29 Jan 1945–15 Jul 1945

0

357

195

552

Central Pacific (CP)

7 Dec 1941–6

41

360

116

517

China Defensive (CBI)

4 Jul 1942–4 May 1945

0

192

2

194

China Offensive (CBI)

5 May 1945–2 Sep 1945

0

44

3

47

East Indies (SWPA)

1 Jan 1942–22 Jul 1942

0

427

34

461

Eastern Mandates (CP)

air: 7 Dec 1943–16 Apr 1944

ground: 31 Jan 1944–14 Jun 1944

175

218

41

434

Guadalcanal (SP)

7 Aug 1942–21 Feb 1943

527

150

35

712

Leyte, Luzon & Southern Philippines

17 Oct 44–4 Jul 1945 (SWPA)

12,679

1,539

2,015

16,233

New Guinea (SWPA)

24 Jan 1943–31 Dec 1944

1,585

2,533

566

4,684

Northern Solomons (SP)

22 Feb 1943–21 Nov 1944

1,285

406

83

1,774

Papua (SWPA)

23 Jul 1942–23 Jan 1943

218

104

21

343

Philippine Islands (SWPA)

7 Dec 1941–10 May 1942

0

3,387

10,460

13,847

Ryukyus (CP)

26 Mar 1945–2 Jul 1945

4,320

18

380

4,718

Western Pacific (CP)

air: 17 Apr 1944–2 Sep 1945

ground: 15 Jun 1944–2 Sep 1945

1,945

925

196

3,066

Unclassified

 

 

 

 

Campaigns not identifiable

& Organizations undetermined

0

815

3,643

1,181

5,639

 

 
Commentary for the above table of WWII US Army campaigns:
  • The table is in two alphabetical parts — Atlantic Area Campaigns (War with Germany) and Pacific Area Campaigns (War with Japan).
  • This table includes both Army ground forces and air forces.
  • The parentheses in the first column refer to the theater in which the campaign was waged. ETO - European Theater of Operations, MTO - Mediterranean Theater of Operations, NP - North Pacific, SP - South Pacific, CP - Central Pacific, SWPA - Southwest Pacific Area, CBI - China-Burma-India Theater.
  • The Division column holds the number of deaths of divisional troops. 
  • Three of the campaigns, Air Offensive, Europe (prior to D-Day), Egypt-Libya, and Air Offensive, Japan were strictly Army Air Force campaigns. Otherwise Army Air Force deaths were distributed among ground campaigns, with the exception of the Anzio campaign, which was assigned zero air deaths.
  • There were never any US units of division size in the CBI Theater or in the East Indies. However, the source document is in error by omitting the Philippine Division, which was lost in the 1942 Philippine Islands Campaign.
  • Leyte, Luzon & Southern Philippines numbers reflect three separate campaigns. Burma, 1942 & India-Burma reflect two separate campaigns.
  • Death counts in the Papua Campaign are obviously wrong, being too small. Some other death counts, such as air deaths in different theaters, are probably wrong.
  • To some extent, campaigns are an arbitrary creation, partly designed to aid in the award of unit honors and individual campaign ribbons. The Rhineland Campaign in particular is a hodgepodge; historians subsequently study portions, which they then might call campaigns (e.g., the Lorraine Campaign).
  • The US Navy list of WWII campaigns was quite different.

I prepared this table from the following source: