National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES

The Defense Department last week reported 3,128 more U.S. casualties in Korea. Though smaller than the previous week, it was the sixth largest weekly casualty list in a year of war and brought total U.S. losses to 75,428. The breakdown:

DEAD 12,670

WOUNDED 51,919

MISSING 10,680

CAPTURED 159

Total casualties by services: Army, 61,554; Marine Corps, 12,391; Navy, 857; Air Force, 626.

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