National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES

The Defense Department last week reported 625 more U.S. casualties in Korea, including 252 dead, bringing total casualties in 19 weeks of the war to 28,235 men. Though the new report was dated Nov. 3, it did not include any casualties resulting from the Chinese Communists' attack, which was then four days old. The breakdown:

DEAD 4,655

WOUNDED 19,301

MISSING 4,279

Total casualties by services: Army, 24,565; Marine Corps, 3,185; Navy, 286; Air Force, 199.

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