CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture, or stab wound) with nerve involvement only × Clear all
Admission cards28,381
Recorded as died764
With a place recorded99%

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: 15 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 706 cards (2.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 27,640 cards (97.4%) Not recorded: 20 cards (0.1%) 28,381 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,465 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 6 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 5 cards March 1943: 13 cards April 1943: 38 cards May 1943: 38 cards June 1943: 10 cards July 1943: 63 cards August 1943: 42 cards September 1943: 59 cards October 1943: 59 cards November 1943: 109 cards December 1943: 117 cards January 1944: 182 cards 1944 February 1944: 316 cards March 1944: 248 cards April 1944: 145 cards May 1944: 664 cards June 1944: 1,875 cards July 1944: 2,962 cards August 1944: 2,303 cards September 1944: 2,613 cards October 1944: 2,690 cards November 1944: 3,445 cards December 1944: 3,465 cards January 1945: 1,409 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,297 cards March 1945: 1,494 cards April 1945: 1,701 cards May 1945: 566 cards June 1945: 251 cards July 1945: 63 cards August 1945: 60 cards September 1945: 28 cards October 1945: 17 cards November 1945: 18 cards December 1945: 4 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
June 19421
November 19421
December 19426
January 19433
February 19435
March 194313
April 194338
May 194338
June 194310
July 194363
August 194342
September 194359
October 194359
November 1943109
December 1943117
January 1944182
February 1944316
March 1944248
April 1944145
May 1944664
June 19441,875
July 19442,962
August 19442,303
September 19442,613
October 19442,690
November 19443,445
December 19443,465
January 19451,409
February 19451,297
March 19451,494
April 19451,701
May 1945566
June 1945251
July 194563
August 194560
September 194528
October 194517
November 194518
December 19454

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 79 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 72 distinct values