National Affairs: U.S. WAR CASUALTIES

The Defense Department last week reported 1,355 more U.S. casualties in Korea. Three to five weeks behind the actual fighting, the new list brought total U.S. casualties to 76,783. The breakdown:

Dead 13,000

Wounded 52,975

Missing 10,649

Captured 159

Total casualties by services: Army, 62,691; Marine Corps, 12,593; Navy, 870; Air Force, 629.

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