National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES

The Defense Department last week recorded 315 more U.S. casualties (including 58 killed in action) in Korea. The smallest weekly casualty list of the war, it brought total U.S. losses to 79,397 men. The breakdown:

DEAD 13,501

WOUNDED 55,122

MISSING 10,615

CAPTURED 159

Total casualties by services: Army, 64,721; Marine Corps, 13,062; Navy, 938; Air Force, 676.

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