U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2 (of 5)

Volume 2 — APPENDIX J Casualties During the Inchon-Seoul Campaign

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Following is a daily breakdown of the casualties suffered by the 1st Marine Division during the Inchon-Seoul Campaign (15 September-7 October 1950), together with a tabulation of the number of POWs captured by the Division and the estimated casualties inflicted on the enemy.

Date KIA486 DOW486 MIA486 WIA486 Total battle casualties POWs captured487 Estimated enemy casualties488

15 Sep 20 1 1 174 196 488 489

16 Sep 2 1 1 22 26 300 4891,350

17 Sep 6 0 0 70 76 400 350

18 Sep 7 3 0 92 102 197 450

19 Sep 10 1 0 61 72 126 600

20 Sep 24 1 3 119 147 326 600

21 Sep 30 3 0 198 231 355 1,350

22 Sep 27 3 0 135 165 395 1,200

23 Sep 19 7 0 117 143 169 900

24 Sep 68 4 0 217 289 67 950

25 Sep 33 4 1 238 276 142 1,750

26 Sep 29 7 0 167 203 407 950

27 Sep 33 3 0 153 189 139 1,252

28 Sep 8 4 0 31 43 206 332

29 Sep 19 1 0 49 69 507 102

30 Sep 11 2 0 48 61 328 305

1 Oct 2 1 0 16 19 124 75

2 Oct 15 1 0 81 97 82 350

3 Oct 2 1 0 35 38 103 800

4 Oct 0 0 0 3 3 118 0

5 Oct 1 1 0 3 5 57 0

6 Oct 0 0 0 0 0 144 0

7 Oct 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 366 49 6 2,029 2,450 6,492 13,666

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Based on compilation on 15 March 1951 by Casualty Reporting Officer.Note 2 · Based on G-2 Report included in the Special Action Report for the Inchon-Seoul Campaign. The figures shown are less than the total of regime Note 3 · Estimated enemy casualties do not include POWs. Figures shown are based on the G-2 Report included in the Special Action Report for the Inch Note 4 · The figure shown for 16 September includes the casualties inflicted on the enemy on 15 September.