Marion: Your figures on casualties by Divs. in WW 2 leaves out the Marine Divs, and possibly (?) the Airborne Divs. This is going back about a year or so you posted it.
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Casualties
The ten divisions with the most battle casualties are presented below. Casualties are defined as killed in action, wounded in action, captured and interned, and missing in action.
Casualties - Division - Theater
25,977 - 3rd Infantry Division - Mediterranean & European
23,277 - 9th Infantry Division - Mediterranean & European
22,660 - 4th Infantry Division - European
20,993 - 45th Infantry Division - Mediterranean & European
20,659 - 1st Infantry Division - Mediterranean & European
20,620 - 29th Infantry Division - European
19,466 - 36th Infantry Division - Mediterranean & European
19,200 - 90th Infantry Division - European
18,446 - 30th Infantry Division - European
17,087 - 80th Infantry Division - European
Source: Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II, Final Report, 1 December 1941 - 31 December 1946.
This post has been edited by Walt's Daughter: Apr 26 2006, 05:42 PM
Also seems to have left out the 34 Inf Div in the ETO which I belive also had high casualties. Any figures on the Airborne Divs (or where they included in Infantry Divs which none showed up) and the Marine Divs in the PTO . Surely the Airborne Divs should have had high casualties along with the Marine Divs. Please, official records only or acreditied historians.