Appendix III
Casualties1

UNIT Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded TOTAL
Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted
             
NTLF Troops2 1 22 6 148 7 170
XXIV Corps Arty (USA)3 1 5 5 10 6 15
2d Marine Division;            
     Division Troops4 3 17 18 161 21 178
     2d Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 1 13 4 86 5 99
          1st Bn 1 61 14 239 15 300
          2d Bn 1 45 6 207 7 252
          3d Bn 4 76 12 243 16 319
     6th Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 2 22 4 92 6 114
          1st Bn 6 90 16 323 22 413
          2d Bn 6 120 13 335 19 455
          3d Bn 5 105 17 408 22 513
     8th Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 1 15 6 73 7 88
          1st Bn 5 90 16 355 21 445
          2d Bn 6 91 9 364 15 455
          3d Bn 3 89 17 304 20 393
     1st Bn, 29th Marines 6 91 17 333 23 424
     10th Marines5 10 88 25 237 35 325
     18th Marines 4 73 14 355 18 428
     2d Armd Amph Bn 5 36 7 100 12 136
     2d Amph Trac Bn 0 10 5 46 5 56
     5th Amph Trac Bn 1 6 3 33 4 39
     2d Tank Bn 0 5 0 13 0 18
4th Marine Division;            
     Division Troops6 4 16 12 101 16 117
     23d Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 5 16 4 52 9 68
          1st Bn 4 84 12 304 16 388
          2d Bn 5 97 18 278 23 375
          3d Bn 4 95 13 275 17 370
     24th Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 0 16 9 71 9 87
          1st Bn 7 71 20 319 27 390
          2d Bn 2 78 19 295 21 373
          3d Bn 7 109 11 355 18 464

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UNIT Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded TOTAL
Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted
             
     25th Marines;            
          H&S and Weapons 1 2 5 18 6 20
          1st Bn 5 67 9 267 14 334
          2d Bn 2 88 10 288 12 376
          3d Bn 6 78 21 297 27 375
     14th Marines7 4 44 24 227 28 271
     20th Marines 4 26 14 140 18 166
     10th Amph Trac Bn 0 2 1 20 1 22
     4th Tank Bn 1 17 5 36 6 53

UNIT Killed in Action Wounded in Action Missing in Action TOTAL
Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl Off Enl
                 
27th Infantry Division;8                
     Special Troops 1 2 3 7 0 0 4 9
     105th Inf Reg;                
          1st Bn 9 199 15 276 1 46 25 521
          2d Bn 11 166 16 291 0 29 27 486
          3d Bn 0 45 8 158 0 2 8 205
          Sp Units 2 42 6 60 0 4 8 106
          Det 295 JASCO 4 7 2 4 0 5 6 16
     106th Inf Reg;                
          1st Bn 3 46 14 224 0 0 17 270
          2d Bn 5 51 11 206 0 0 16 257
          3d Bn 5 50 14 206 0 0 19 256
          Sp Units 1 9 3 43 0 0 4 52
          Det 295 JASC0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 4
     165th Inf Reg;                
          1st Bn 9 69 7 237 0 0 16 306
          2d Bn 2 50 19 233 0 1 21 284
          3d Bn 1 39 4 149 0 0 5 188
          Sp Units 0 2 3 40 0 0 3 42
          Det 295 JASCO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
     27th Div Arty 5 18 11 44 2 2 18 64
     102d Med Bn 0 4 0 22 0 0 0 26
     1165th Engr Group 0 0 1 14 0 0 1 14
     Co C, 88th Chemical Bn 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
     102d Engr Bn 0 18 2 50 0 13 2 81
     773d Amph Trac Bn 1 4 2 12 0 2 3 18
     762d Tank Bn 3 15 3 54 0 6 6 75
     38th Fld Hosp9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
     708th Amph Tank Bn10 0 19 0 155 0 10 0 184
     715th Amph Trac Bn 0 8 0 41 0 4 0 53
     534th Amph Trac Bn 0 8 0 25 0 0 0 33
     GRAND TOTAL11 195 2,949 588 10,364 3 125 786 13,438

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Footnotes

1. Marine casualty figures furnished by Marine Records Section, HQMC, on 23Nov49 for period 15 June-9 July 1944.

2. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: VAC Hq, Med Bn, Sig Bn, Air Del Sec, Amph Recon Bn, 18th and 121st NC Bns, 7th Fld Dpt, AWS #5, and other Corps Hq Troops.

3. Figures from XXIV Corps Arty S-1 Report.

4. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: Div Hq, MP Co, Sig Bn, Recon Co, Prov Rkt Det, VMO, JASCO, Ser Bn, MT Bn, and Med Bn.

5. Also includes 2d 155m Howitzer Bn, V Amphibious Corps.

6. Included in this category for purposes of this breakdown: Div Hq, MP Co, Sig Bn, Recon Co, Prov Rkt Det, VMO, JASCO Ser Bn, and Med Bn.

7. Also includes 4th 105mm Howitzer Battalion, V Amphibious Corps.

8. Since no revised 27th Infantry Division casualty figures for the period 15 June-9 July are available, 27th Infantry Division G-1 Report for 21 July has been used.

9. From 27th Inf Div G-1 Periodic Report, 11Jul44.

10. From "Army Amphibious Tractor and Tank Battalions in the Battle for Saipan, 15 June-9 July 1944", 1stLt R. A. Gugeler, USA, 20Jan45. No breakdown into officers and enlisted was shown.

11. The following U. S. Army organizations suffered no casualties during the operation: 94th and 95th Bomb Disp Squads, 1st Plat, 604th Graves Reg (QM) Co, and 98th Portable Surgical Hospital.



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