Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 39 -- Battle Casualties in Pacific Ocean Areas, By Type of Casualty and By Type of Personnel: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945

(As reported to The Adjutant General)
Year and Month Total Personnel Officers Enlisted Personnel
Total Died Wounded and Evacuated Missing, Interned and Captured Total Died Wounded and Evacuated Missing, Interned and Captured Total Died Wounded and Evacuated Missing, Interned and Captured
Grand Total 2,476 926 882 668 922 375 226 321 1,554 551 656 347
Annually                        
1941(Dec) 548 211 327 10 21 10 11 - 527 201 316 10
1942 153 122 12 19 89 73 5 11 64 49 7 8
1943 258 122 55 81 123 66 18 39 135 56 37 42
1944 970 293 305 372 393 133 109 151 577 160 196 221
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 503 172 167 164 290 93 80 117 213 79 87 47
Date Unknown 44 6 16 22 6 - 3 3 38 6 13 19
Monthly                        
1941                        
Dec 548 211 327 10 21 10 11 - 527 201 316 10
1942                        
Jan 7 3 3 1 3 3 - - 4 - 3 1
Feb 3 3 - - 1 1 - - 2 2 - -
Mar 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - - -
Apr 4 4 - - 4 4 - - - - - -
May 4 3 - 1 2 2 - - 2 1 - 1
Jun 44 40 2 2 15 14 - 1 29 26 2 1
Jul 13 13 - - 10 10 - - 3 3 - -
Aug 14 8 1 5 11 6 1 4 3 2 - 1
Sep 19 9 3 7 13 6 2 5 6 3 1 2
Oct 14 13 1 - 8 7 1 1 6 6 - -
Nov 13 10 2 1 11 10 1 - 2 - 1 1
Dec 17 15 - 2 10 9 - 1 7 6 - 1
1943                        
Jan 13 11 2 - 10 10 - - 3 1 2 -
Feb 27 11 3 13 19 8 2 9 8 3 1 4
Mar 3 3 - - 3 3 - - - - - -
Apr 12 7 5 - 3 3 - - 9 4 5 -
May 10 1 9 - 4 1 3 - 6 - 6 -
Jun 2 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 - - - -
Jul 34 28 4 2 21 18 1 2 13 10 3 -
Aug 2 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 - - - -
Sep 3 1 2 - - - - - 3 1 2 -
Oct 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - -
Nov 48 17 20 11 17 7 6 4 31 10 14 7
Dec 102 39 10 53 42 14 6 22 60 25 4 31
1944                        
Jan 166 75 41 50 79 35 21 23 87 40 20 27
Feb 35 4 7 24 18 3 3 12 17 1 4 12
Mar 64 11 27 26 28 6 10 12 36 5 17 14
Apr 141 56 37 48 56 23 15 18 85 33 22 30
May 56 35 3 18 16 10 2 4 40 25 1 14
Jun 167 30 37 100 70 18 13 39 97 12 24 61
Jul 117 22 36 59 48 9 15 24 69 13 21 35
Aug 49 19 5 25 23 8 5 10 26 11 - 15
Sep 36 8 19 9 12 3 6 3 24 5 13 6
Oct 46 18 28 - 14 8 6 - 32 10 22 -
Nov 30 1 28 1 2 1 1 - 28 - 27 1
Dec 63 14 37 12 27 9 12 6 36 5 25 6
1945                        
Jan 68 20 14 34 31 8 7 16 37 12 7 18
Feb 42 15 3 24 22 9 - 13 20 6 3 11
Mar 157 64 90 3 74 23 49 2 83 41 41 1
Apr 45 16 16 13 31 11 7 13 14 5 9 -
May 79 23 31 25 36 11 7 18 43 12 24 7
Jun 52 15 5 32 49 13 4 32 3 2 1 -
Jul 58 17 8 33 45 16 6 23 13 1 2 10
Aug 2 2 - - 2 2 - - - - - -