CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement × Bullet, Rifle × Clear all
Admission cards21,065
Recorded as died1,122
With a place recorded96%

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: 61 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 2,185 cards (10.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 18,689 cards (88.7%) Not recorded: 130 cards (0.6%) 21,065 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,887 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: 2 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 1 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 4 cards July 1943: 15 cards August 1943: 10 cards September 1943: 8 cards October 1943: 8 cards November 1943: 15 cards December 1943: 33 cards January 1944: 78 cards 1944 February 1944: 129 cards March 1944: 140 cards April 1944: 92 cards May 1944: 237 cards June 1944: 546 cards July 1944: 842 cards August 1944: 825 cards September 1944: 1,344 cards October 1944: 1,497 cards November 1944: 3,383 cards December 1944: 3,887 cards January 1945: 1,444 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,063 cards March 1945: 1,753 cards April 1945: 2,684 cards May 1945: 591 cards June 1945: 294 cards July 1945: 51 cards August 1945: 41 cards September 1945: 16 cards October 1945: 12 cards November 1945: 5 cards December 1945: 9 cards

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

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MonthCards
December 19422
April 19431
May 19433
June 19434
July 194315
August 194310
September 19438
October 19438
November 194315
December 194333
January 194478
February 1944129
March 1944140
April 194492
May 1944237
June 1944546
July 1944842
August 1944825
September 19441,344
October 19441,497
November 19443,383
December 19443,887
January 19451,444
February 19451,063
March 19451,753
April 19452,684
May 1945591
June 1945294
July 194551
August 194541
September 194516
October 194512
November 19455
December 19459

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 141 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 · 75 distinct values