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.