517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team

WWII Casualty Reports

These reports, containing KIA/WIA/MIA* records, were transcribed by Clark Archer from microfilm copies of the U.S. Army's records, such as the "Morning Reports", which are submitted by each platoon leader every morning during the war. Even these "official" records are not 100% complete, as they were done by hand, and, as Clark reminds us, it was wartime. We'll slowly be adding and updating sections of these reports here, a few pages each week, as time allows.

Here is a sample of a Morning Report from January 1945

 

 
 
Monthly Casualty Report Summaries by Unit
Click on a box below to see month summary for that unit
Month Unit
June 1944 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
July 1944 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 460
Aug 1944 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 460
Sep 1944 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Oct 1944 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Nov 1944 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Dec 1944 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Jan 1945 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Feb 1945 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Mar 1945 HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Summary HQ Svc Med 1/HQ A B C 2/HQ D E F 3/HQ G H I 596 460
Legend
* KIA Killed in Action
  WIA Wounded in Action
  SWA Seriously Wounded in Action
  IIA Injured in Action
  LIA Lightly Injured in Action
  MIA Missing in Action
  DOW Died of Wounds
  RTD Returned to Duty
  NBC Non-Battle Casualty

Thanks to Clark Archer for his many, many hours of work in compiling these records over the years.