Casualty Rates Among Naval Forces Ashore

Abstract

Casualty rates for naval forces ashore across varying battle intensities were requested as input to medical and manpower planning models. Casualty data of first and second echelon medical personnel, as well as construction battalions. participating In World War II amphibious assaults, Korea, and Vietnam were extracted from archival sources. Casualty rates among naval ground forces fluctuated with battle intensity. The rate during intense combat was 15 per 1000-per day among hospital corpsmen organic to infantry units, 7.5 for Medical Battalion personnel, and 2.1 among construction forces. Casualty rates dropped dramatically with decreasing battle intensity, especially among construction and medical battalions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252858

Entities

People

  • Christopher G. Blood
  • Eleanor D. Gauker
  • Marlisa E. Anderson

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Army
  • Biomedical Research
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Infantry
  • International Organizations
  • Manpower
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Operations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Seal Teams
  • Second World War
  • War
  • Warfare

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  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Military Science
  • Trauma or Military Medicine