National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES

The Defense Department last week reported 1,263 more U.S. battle casualties in Korea, bringing the total in eleven months of war to 65,617. The report was the first to include casualties suffered in the Chinese offensive. The breakdown:

DEAD 11,313

WOUNDED 44,393

MISSING 9,796

CAPTURED 115

Total casualties by services: Army, 54,523; Marine Corps, 9,841; Navy, 691; Air Force, 562.

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