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The Fight for the Hürtgen Forest

9th Infantry Division

Casualties Treated, Division Medical Activities, 

August-December 1944

(by Infantry Regiment)

 

 

August 1944

September 1944

October 1944

November 1944

December 1944

Total

39th Infantry Regt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Wounded in Action

576

419

802

33

329

2159

  

Battle Injuries

27

33

60

0

21

141

  

Non-Battle Injuries

27

27

59

61

133

307

  

Disease

265

224

319

262

269

1339

  

Exhaustion

66

26

63

0

7

162

  

Total

961

729

1303

356

759

4108

47th Infantry Regt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Wounded in Action

445

332

201

421

86

1485

  

Battle Injuries

41

20

26

38

6

131

  

Non-Battle Injuries

37

36

45

93

119

330

  

Disease

270

247

323

426

454

1720

  

Exhaustion

53

14

20

41

19

147

  

Total

846

649

615

1019

684

3813

60th Infantry Regt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Wounded in Action

716

725

1123

82

366

3012

  

Battle Injuries

91

101

102

4

66

364

  

Non-Battle Injuries

57

40

94

141

120

452

  

Disease

250

333

450

362

569

1964

  

Exhaustion

146

111

174

4

38

473

  

Total

1260

1310

1943

593

1159

6265


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Source:  Office of the Surgeon, 9th Infantry Division, "Report of Medical Activities for the Month of August 1944," 5 September 1944; "Report of Medical Activities for the Month of September 1944," 2 October 1944; "Report of Medical Activities for the Month of October 1944," 1 November 1944; "Report of Medical Activities for the Month of November 1944," 2 December 1944; "Report of Medical Activities for the Month of December 1944," 3 January 1945, all in National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 407, Records of the US Army Adjutant General, World War II Unit Records, 9th Infantry Division, Month Medical Reports, Box 7423.