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, Rifle × Clear all
Admission cards10,912
Recorded as died836
With a place recorded93%

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: 12 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 774 cards (7.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 10,002 cards (91.7%) Not recorded: 124 cards (1.1%) 10,912 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,162 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: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 1 cards May 1943: 1 cards June 1943: 4 cards July 1943: 6 cards August 1943: 4 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 3 cards November 1943: 12 cards December 1943: 6 cards January 1944: 25 cards 1944 February 1944: 57 cards March 1944: 65 cards April 1944: 58 cards May 1944: 123 cards June 1944: 264 cards July 1944: 539 cards August 1944: 554 cards September 1944: 692 cards October 1944: 771 cards November 1944: 1,761 cards December 1944: 2,162 cards January 1945: 614 cards 1945 February 1945: 479 cards March 1945: 936 cards April 1945: 1,342 cards May 1945: 249 cards June 1945: 115 cards July 1945: 29 cards August 1945: 12 cards September 1945: 9 cards October 1945: 7 cards November 1945: 5 cards December 1945: 4 cards

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MonthCards
December 19421
April 19431
May 19431
June 19434
July 19436
August 19434
September 19432
October 19433
November 194312
December 19436
January 194425
February 194457
March 194465
April 194458
May 1944123
June 1944264
July 1944539
August 1944554
September 1944692
October 1944771
November 19441,761
December 19442,162
January 1945614
February 1945479
March 1945936
April 19451,342
May 1945249
June 1945115
July 194529
August 194512
September 19459
October 19457
November 19455
December 19454

Where admitted

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 135 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 99% of these cards · 64 distinct values