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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII > Personnel > WWII Casualties updated by RAC 17 Apr 2022.
United States World War II United Sates Military Casualties
(in process April 2022)​
This webpage consists of seven tables, arranged in three parts, showing WWII US military casualties:
  • Part 1 - Total United States casualties.
  • Part 2 - US Casualties as reported by the War and Navy Departments.
  • Part 3 - US Casualties by service branch: Army; Air Force; Navy; Marine Corps.
About casualties:
  • WWII records included four categories of casualties: killed; wounded or injured; taken prisoner; missing.
  • Major casualty category codes used by the War Department: KIA - Killed in Action; WIA - Wounded in Action; POW - Prisoner of War;  MIA - Missing in Action.
  • The Navy Department used different codes.
  • Navy Department data does not single out the missing in action.
  • The US Navy wounded count does not include all the navy wounded.
About the following casualty tables:
  • Columns: first - casualty count; second - casualty survival count; third - casualty dead count.
  • For the Army and Army Air Force, I use Source 1 in the list of sources at the end of this webpage.
  • For the Navy and Marine Corps, there is no standard reliable source. Different sources would produce different numbers in my tables.
==> Part 2 - US Casualties as reported by the War and Navy Departments <==

Part 1 - Total United States Military Casualties 1941-1946
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Killed in Action (KIA)            241,679  Wounded in Action (WIA)   697,155
Prisoner of War (POW)       130,272
Missing in Action (MIA) 
                                              ------------
US Casualty Total
​

WIA - Survived                       668,192
POW - Survived                     115,900
​
MIA - Survived ​                        
​                                                ------------
US Casualty Survivals
​Killed in Action                     241,679
WIA - Died of Wounds           28,963
POW - Died while prisoner   14,072

MIA - Died  while missing        
​                                                ------------
US Casualty Deaths

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

WIA - Survived                       565,861
POW - Survived                     111,426
MIA - Survived ​                        24,098
​                                                ------------
​Casualty Survivals             701,385
War Department
Killed in Action                      189,696
WIA - Died of Wounds            26,309  POW - Died while prisoner    12,653
MIA - Died  while missing        6,216
​                                                ------------
​Casualty Deaths                 234,874
​War Department

​Navy Department - US Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard Casualties 1941-1946
​-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Killed in Action (KIA)               51,983
Wounded in Action (WIA)    104,985
Prisoner of War (POW)             6,193
Missing in Action (MIA)          
                                                ------------
Casualty Total
​Navy Department                

WIA - Survived                       102,331
POW - Survived                         4,774
MIA - Survived ​         
​                                                ------------
​Casualty Survivals 
Navy Department            
Killed in Action                        51,983
WIA - Died of Wounds              2,654
POW - Died while prisoner      1,419
MIA - Died  while missing        
​                                                ------------
​Casualty Deaths 
​Navy Department               

​==> ​Part 3 - US Casualties by service branch: Army; Air Force; Navy; Marine Corps <==

​US Army Casualties (less Army Air Force) 1941-1946
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Killed in Action (KIA)             144,911
Wounded in Action (WIA)    573,806
Prisoner of War (POW)          83,022
Missing in Action (MIA)          19,138
                                                ------------
US Army Casualty Total   820,877
                                                      
WIA - Survived                       548,502
POW - Survived                       73,132
MIA - Survived                         16,542
​                                                ------------
Army 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 
​                                                -----------
Army Casualty Deaths     182,701
​
​US Army Air Force Casualties 1941-1946
​------------------------------------------------------------
Killed in Action (KIA)               44,785
Wounded in Action (WIA)      18,364
Prisoner of War (POW)          41,057
Missing in Action (MIA)          11,176
                                                ------------
USAAF Casualty Total       115,382
                                                    
WIA - Survived                         17,359
POW - Survived                       38,294
MIA - Survived                           7,556
​                                                ------------
USAAF 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
​                                                ------------
USAAF Casualty Deaths      52,173

​US Navy Casualties 1941-1946
​----------------------------------------------
Killed in Action (KIA)              34,014
Wounded in Action (WIA)     37,778
Prisoner of War (POW)           3,379
Missing in Action (MIA)    unknown
​                                               ------------
US Navy Casualty Total    75,171
                                                     
WIA - Survived                          35,941
POW - Survived                          2,640
MIA - Survived                     unknown​
​​                                               ------------   Navy Casualty Survivals    38,581
Killed in Action                        34,014
​WIA - Died of Wounds              1,837
POW - Died while prisoner         739
​MIA - Died while missing            190
​                                               ------------
​Navy Casualty Deaths        
US Navy casualty notes:
  • Source 3 below gives a killed in action figure of 34,004, a died while prisoner figure of 919, and an other deaths due to enemy action, which I use, of 190.

​US Marine Corps Casualties 1941-1946
​------------------------------------------------------------
Killed in Action (KIA)               17,376
Wounded in Action (WIA)      68,207
Prisoner of War (POW)            2,274
Missing in Action (MIA)     unknown
                                               ------------
​USMC Casualty Total          87,857
                                                    
WIA - Survived                         67,207
POW - Survived                         1,756
MIA - Survived                    unknown​
​                                               ------------
​USMC Casualty Survivals  68,963
Killed in Action                        17,376
​WIA - Died of Wounds              1,000
POW - Died while prisoner         518
​MIA - Died while missing  unknown
                                               ------------
​USMC Casualty Deaths       18,904
US Marine Corps casualty notes:
  • The right two columns total to 87,871 rather than 87,857.
Sources for the WWII Casualties webpage:
  1. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/Casualties/Casualties-Intro.html - Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II, Final Report, 7 December 1941 - 31 December 1946, p. 5 - for the above US Army and US Army Air Force data.
  2. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/w/world-war-ii-casualties.html - World War II Casualties, Navy Heritage and History Command - used for the following US Navy and US Marine Corps data: Killed in Action; Died of Wounds; Died as Prisoner.
  3. https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNaNOTEonTOTALS.htm - World War 2 - United States Navy at War, UNITED STATES NAVY CASUALTIES - INTERIM NOTE ON NUMBERS, 2017 - This is death and not casualty data.
  4. https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/History%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Marine%20Corps%20in%20WWII%20Vol%20V%20-%20Victory%20and%20Occupation%20%20PCN%2019000262800_5.pdf - Marine POWs.
  5. http://www.indianarollingthunder.com/nationalpowstatistics.html - National POW Statistics.
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