Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths

Battle casualties and deaths, by geographic area of residence:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]

Geographic area of residence	Battle casualties[b]	Deaths
		Total deaths	Deaths among battle casualties			Other non-battle [e]
			Total	Battle [c]	Non-battle [d]
Total	936,259	318,274	234,874	225,618	9,256	83,400
Alabama	14,715	5,215	3,468	3,409	59	1,747
Arizona	4,043	1,553	1,150	1,112	38	403
Arkansas	10,699	3,918	2,773	2,704	69	1,145
California	39,978	17,428	12,139	11,509	630	5,289
Colorado	5,995	2,776	1,998	1,913	85	778
Connecticut	13,093	4,422	3,373	3,312	61	1,049
Delaware	1,820	563	425	420	5	138
District of Columbia	3,261	1,485	903	874	29	582
Florida	8,928	3,646	2,315	2,258	57	1,331
Georgia	16,211	5,810	3,916	3,829	87	1,894
Idaho	3,643	1,423	1,052	991	61	371
Illinois	52,208	18,850	14,065	13,750	315	4,785
Indiana	23,939	8,270	6,219	6,122	97	2,051
Iowa	15,979	5,800	4,364	4,255	109	1,436
Kansas	11,592	4,629	3,430	3,357	73	1,199
Kentucky	21,670	6,909	5,174	5,073	101	1,735
Louisiana	10,812	4,032	2,707	2,636	71	1,325
Maine	6,181	2,184	1,687	1,624	63	497
Maryland	12,951	4,457	3,278	3,240	38	1,179
Massachusetts	29,117	10,198	7,602	7,393	209	2,596
Michigan	38,739	13,057	9,996	9,826	170	3,061
Minnesota	17,798	6,533	4,980	4,834	146	1,553
Mississippi	9,711	3,622	2,403	2,341	62	1,219
Missouri	22,720	8,100	6,025	5,871	154	2,075
Montana	3,664	1,575	1,197	1,064	133	378
Nebraska	7,716	3,044	2,290	2,194	96	754
Nevada	880	350	238	225	13	112
New Hampshire	3,276	1,219	912	877	35	307
New Jersey	30,421	10,536	7,904	7,799	105	2,632
New Mexico	5,372	2,109	1,720	1,245	475	389
New York	89,183	31,522	23,322	22,992	330	8,200
North Carolina	21,469	7,271	5,158	5,073	85	2,113
North Dakota	4,644	1,640	1,285	1,254	31	355
Ohio	48,198	17,168	12,835	12,616	219	4,333
Oklahoma	14,782	5,582	4,067	3,937	130	1,515
Oregon	7,119	2,836	2,053	1,909	144	783
Pennsylvania	82,395	26,971	20,597	20,182	415	6,374
Rhode Island	4,913	1,687	1,276	1,239	37	411
South Carolina	10,081	3,443	2,438	2,385	53	1,005
South Dakota	3,810	1,479	1,103	1,076	27	376
Tennessee	20,553	6,704	4,982	4,914	68	1,722
Texas	42,001	16,286	11,374	10,898	476	4,912
Utah	3,287	1,463	1,065	1,031	38	394
Vermont	2,518	861	664	642	22	197
Virginia	17,745	6,179	4,356	4,276	80	1,823
Washington	9,413	4,043	2,927	2,760	167	1,116
West Virginia	16,321	4,937	3,836	3,767	69	1,101
Wisconsin	19,399	7,122	5,402	5,193	209	1,720
Wyoming	1,560	706	520	492	28	136
Alaska	232	48	35		3	13
Hawaii	2,593	722	584	584	0	138
Panama Canal Zone	1,576	17	8	8	0	9
Puerto Rico	165	346	23	23	0	323
Philippines	10,808	5,337	5,135	2,161	2,974	202
United States--area not specified	1,966	25	18	14	4	7
United States possessions	12	4	0	0	0	4
Other countries	2,566	162	104	103	1	58
Geographic area unknown	49,818	0	0	0	0	0

[a] See Introduction for sources and coverage.
[b] Includes deaths among battle casualties.
[c] Consists of deaths of personnel in a battle casualty status of killed in action, died of wounds and injuries received in action, or declared dead from missing in action (columns 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 16 of pages 8 through 91).
[d] Consists of non-battle deaths of personnel in a battle casualty status of captured and interned, or missing in action (columns 13 and 17 of pages 8 through 91).
[e] Consists of non-battle deaths of personnel not in a battle casualty status at time of death.

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