All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,382

Recorded as died0

With a place recorded100%

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

Outcome

Discharged or retired 7,382 100.0%

Admissions by month

48 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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Month	Cards
January 1942	20
February 1942	27
March 1942	35
April 1942	53
May 1942	34
June 1942	38
July 1942	42
August 1942	53
September 1942	53
October 1942	67
November 1942	161
December 1942	209
January 1943	210
February 1943	182
March 1943	158
April 1943	252
May 1943	298
June 1943	322
July 1943	287
August 1943	1,068
September 1943	801
October 1943	475
November 1943	185
December 1943	145
January 1944	131
February 1944	93
March 1944	64
April 1944	95
May 1944	86
June 1944	82
July 1944	118
August 1944	220
September 1944	278
October 1944	210
November 1944	148
December 1944	155
January 1945	69
February 1945	54
March 1945	41
April 1945	44
May 1945	40
June 1945	27
July 1945	35
August 1945	34
September 1945	37
October 1945	46
November 1945	31
December 1945	21

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Camp Polk, Louisiana 7,382 100.0%

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 555 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 4% of these cards · 83 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 69 distinct values