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Combat Record of the 6th AD: Casualties

This section contained some of the most sobering information in the book: the Graves Registration report, and the Division casualty statistics.

Graves Registration

Number of American dead evacuated: 1,289
(Includes other units in addition to Division and attached units.)

Number of German dead evacuated: 826

Percentage of American dead unidentified: Less than one percent.

Cemeteries where Division dead are buried

Added 22-APR-2000: Info about American soldiers buried in Europe.

Division Casualties

Casualty graph

[Web Editor's note: In the table below, please pay particular attention to the figures for the three armored infantry battalions.]

SECTION I. ADJUTANT GENERAL
TOTAL CASUALTIES (BATTLE & NON-BATTLE) FOR PERIOD 18 JULY 44 - 8 MAY 45
Off = Officers, EM = Enlisted Men, BC = Battle Casualties, NBC = Non-Battle Casualties
Battle casualties include only those men not present for duty for at least 24 hours. Non-battle casualties include only those men evacuated from the Division.
Unit Killed Wounded MIA Total BC Total NBC Aggregate
Off EM Off EM Off EM Off EM Off EM Off EM
Fwd Ech Div Hq - 1 1 6 - - 1 7 4 4 5 11
Rear Ech Div HQ - - - 1 - - - 1 7 9 7 10
Div HQ Co - 3 - 6 - - - 9 2 12 2 21
Hq, Hq Co CCA - 1 4 8 - - 4 9 7 20 11 29
Hq, HQ Co CCB 1 5 4 4 - - 5 9 7 21 12 30
Hq Res Comd - - - - - - - - 1 4 1 4
Hq, Hq Btry, Div Arty 1 - 2 1 - - 3 1 8 21 11 22
Hq, Hq Co Div Trains - 1 - 1 - - - 2 3 15 3 17
MP Platoon - 2 - 10 - - - 12 1 37 1 49
Div Band - 1 - 1 - - - 2 1 7 1 9
146th Armd Sig Co - 2 1 10 - 1 1 13 3 30 4 43
86th Cav Rcn Sq Mecz 8 95 18 301 - 4 26 400 28 355 54 755
128th Armd FA Bn 2 14 8 43 - - 10 57 11 130 21 187
212th Armd FA Bn 1 9 9 55 - - 10 64 9 103 19 167
231st Armd FA Bn 3 20 11 65 - - 14 85 12 73 26 158
25th Armd Engr Bn 4 40 10 148 - 3 14 191 7 261 21 452
15th Tank Bn 14 88 27 279 - 3 41 370 23 281 64 651
68th Tank Bn 9 75 27 185 - 1 36 261 12 260 48 521
69th Tank Bn 9 86 36 290 - 1 45 377 6 215 51 592
9th Armd Inf Bn 15 237 41 812 1 9 57 1,058 28 911 85 1,969
44th Armd Inf Bn 13 222 37 863 2 21 52 1,106, 33 661 85 1,767
50th Armd Inf Bn 9 204 32 797 - 3 41 1,004 25 834 66 1,838
76th Med Bn Armd - 5 2 16 - - 2 21 6 80 8 101
128th Ord Maint Bn 1 1 2 5 - - 3 6 11 94 14 100
603rd TD Bn 7 51 18 153 - 3 25 207 12 232 37 439
777th AAA AW Bn 3 9 3 22 - - 6 31 2 113 8 144
3803rd QM Truck Co. - - - 4 - - - 4 1 67 1 71
642nd QM Truck Co - - - - - - - - - 9 - 9
Attached Teams - - 1 - - - 1 - 2 6 3 6
DIVISION TOTALS: 100 1,172 294 4,086 3 49 397 5,307 272 4,865 669 10,172


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