The Defense Department last week reported 350 more U.S. casualties (including 67 dead) in Korea. The smallest weekly casualty list of the war, it brought total U.S. losses to 78,731. (The official casualty list totals 80,079, but includes 1,348 missing, who have since returned to duty.) The breakdown:
DEAD 13,407
WOUNDED 54,541
MISSING 10,624
CAPTURED 159
Total casualties by services: Army, 64,180; Marine Corps, 12,962; Navy, 924; Air Force, 665.
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