The tables below list battle casualties defined as personnel lost through death, wounds, injury, internment or capture, or through being missing in action. The first row of each table indicates totals for all three countries involved, followed by totals by theater and then by Air or Other units. The CBI Theater was split into the China Theater and India-Burma Theater as of 24 October 1944. |
TOTAL BATTLE CASUALTIES | Total battle casualties | Deaths among casualties | Killed in Action |
Died of wounds or injuries | Captured and died |
Missing and declared dead |
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China, Burma, and India | 6,925 | 3,727 | 2,723 | 192 | 337 | 475 |
China-Burma-India Theater | 4,595 | 2,479 | 1,739 | 127 | 324 | 289 |
China Theater | 500 | 227 | 167 | 10 | 2 | 48 |
India-Burma Theater | 1,830 | 1,021 | 817 | 55 | 11 | 138 |
Army Air Force | 3,347 | 2,320 | 1,792 | 49 | 93 | 386 |
Other units | 3,572 | 1,407 | 931 | 143 | 244 | 89 |
WOUNDED OR INJURED IN ACTION | Total wounded or injured in action |
Died of wounds or injuries |
Evacuated to U.S. | Returned to duty | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Died of wounds or injuries |
Returned to duty, discharged etc. | ||||
China, Burma, and India | 2,597 | 192 | 0 | 617 | 1,788 |
China-Burma-India Theater | 1,787 | 127 | 0 | 418 | 1,242 |
China Theater | 106 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 70 |
India-Burma Theater | 704 | 55 | 0 | 173 | 476 |
Army Air Force | 501 | 49 | 0 | 123 | 329 |
Other units | 2,096 | 143 | 0 | 94 | 1,459 |
CAPTURED AND INTERNED | Total captured and interned |
Died | Returned to military control | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Killed in Action |
Wounds or Injuries |
Other causes (non-battle) | |||
China, Burma, and India | 679 | 274 | 4 | 59 | 342 |
China-Burma-India Theater | 539 | 262 | 3 | 59 | 215 |
China Theater | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
India-Burma Theater | 103 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 92 |
Army Air Force | 364 | 58 | 3 | 32 | 271 |
Other units | 315 | 216 | 1 | 27 | 71 |
MISSING IN ACTION | Total Missing in Action |
Died | Returned to duty | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Declared dead | Other causes (non-battle) | |||
China, Burma, and India | 926 | 473 | 2 | 451 |
China-Burma-India Theater | 530 | 289 | 0 | 241 |
China Theater | 190 | 47 | 1 | 142 |
India-Burma Theater | 206 | 137 | 1 | 68 |
Army Air Force | 690 | 385 | 1 | 304 |
Other units | 236 | 88 | 1 | 147 |