CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Bullet, Missile Not Stated × Clear all
Admission cards15,133
Recorded as died7,995
With a place recorded69%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 15 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,137 cards (7.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 13,853 cards (91.5%) Not recorded: 128 cards (0.8%) 15,133 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,241 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 1 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 1 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 16 cards August 1943: 9 cards September 1943: 8 cards October 1943: 3 cards November 1943: 12 cards December 1943: 18 cards January 1944: 89 cards 1944 February 1944: 172 cards March 1944: 232 cards April 1944: 154 cards May 1944: 374 cards June 1944: 537 cards July 1944: 382 cards August 1944: 346 cards September 1944: 550 cards October 1944: 1,773 cards November 1944: 2,663 cards December 1944: 3,241 cards January 1945: 624 cards 1945 February 1945: 697 cards March 1945: 787 cards April 1945: 1,421 cards May 1945: 506 cards June 1945: 281 cards July 1945: 92 cards August 1945: 58 cards September 1945: 32 cards October 1945: 24 cards November 1945: 10 cards December 1945: 12 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
December 19421
January 19431
February 19431
April 19433
May 19433
July 194316
August 19439
September 19438
October 19433
November 194312
December 194318
January 194489
February 1944172
March 1944232
April 1944154
May 1944374
June 1944537
July 1944382
August 1944346
September 1944550
October 19441,773
November 19442,663
December 19443,241
January 1945624
February 1945697
March 1945787
April 19451,421
May 1945506
June 1945281
July 194592
August 194558
September 194532
October 194524
November 194510
December 194512

Where admitted

Recorded on 69% of these cards · 182 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 77 distinct values