CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards66,472
Recorded as died5,745
With a place recorded96%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 35 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 2,556 cards (3.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 63,881 cards (96.1%) 66,472 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

11,340 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 2 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 7 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 34 cards August 1943: 33 cards September 1943: 25 cards October 1943: 40 cards November 1943: 125 cards December 1943: 154 cards January 1944: 470 cards 1944 February 1944: 781 cards March 1944: 378 cards April 1944: 303 cards May 1944: 1,400 cards June 1944: 2,121 cards July 1944: 3,237 cards August 1944: 2,548 cards September 1944: 4,204 cards October 1944: 5,920 cards November 1944: 11,340 cards December 1944: 10,818 cards January 1945: 4,230 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,185 cards March 1945: 4,739 cards April 1945: 6,132 cards May 1945: 2,003 cards June 1945: 890 cards July 1945: 159 cards August 1945: 92 cards September 1945: 47 cards October 1945: 19 cards November 1945: 17 cards December 1945: 9 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
November 19423
December 19423
March 19432
May 19437
July 194334
August 194333
September 194325
October 194340
November 1943125
December 1943154
January 1944470
February 1944781
March 1944378
April 1944303
May 19441,400
June 19442,121
July 19443,237
August 19442,548
September 19444,204
October 19445,920
November 194411,340
December 194410,818
January 19454,230
February 19454,185
March 19454,739
April 19456,132
May 19452,003
June 1945890
July 1945159
August 194592
September 194547
October 194519
November 194517
December 19459

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 103 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 72 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values