CASUALTIES FOR THE 5307TH COMPOSITE UNIT (PROVISIONAL)
February to June, 1944
| Casualties | Percent of casualties | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | Estimated before operation | ||
| BATTLE CASUALTIES: | |||
| Battle deaths | 93 | ||
| Nonbattle deaths | 30 | ||
| Wounded in action | 293 (19) | ||
| Missing in action | 8 | ||
| SUBTOTAL | 424 | 14 | 35 |
| DISEASE CASUALTIES: | |||
| Amoebic dysentery | 503 | ||
| Typhus fever | 149 | ||
| Malaria | 296 20 | ||
| Psychoneurosis | 72 | ||
| Miscellaneous fevers (approx.) | 950 | ||
| SUBTOTAL | 1970 | 66 | 50 |
| TOTAL | 2394 | 80 | 85 |
19. These are the official figures of The Adjutant General's battle casualty
roster for hospitalized wounded. Many cases of light battle casualties were
not evacuated but treated by unit surgeons and consequently not reported in
hospital returns. Therefore, complete statistics are not obtainable. The actual
number of wounded at Nhpum Ga alone exceed the official total for the entire
campaign.
20. 296 is the number of malaria cases evacuated. Nearly every member of the
force had it in more or less severe form.
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