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Appendix G

Casualties

NVA/VC Casualties Reported by III MAF Units

1968 Month

USMC

Americal Division

1st Air Cav Div'

10 1s t Airborne2

KIA

POW

KIA

POW

KIA

POW

KIA

POW

JAN

2126

2350

314

FEB

5040

1691

1879

MAR

3118

1621

1066

677

APR

1769

795

1259

859

MAY

6200

140

1393

473

1683

172

JUN

2154

688

661

450

121

JUL

2124

781

490

305

AUG

1894

1384

485

583

SEP

2392

105

1294

207

268

148

OCT

1707

685

202

397

207

NOV3

1042

DEC4

1612

TOTAL

31178

708

12682

310

7036

394

5212

831

'U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) left I Corps Tactical Zone on 10 November 1968

''V.S. Army 101st Airborne Division (Air Mobile) came under the operational control of III MAF on 13 February 1968.

'Statistics for Army units are not recorded in III MAF Command Chronologies. Total casualties inflicted by III MAF units in November 1968 are: KIA: 2355; POWs: 131.

''Statistics for Army units are not recorded in III MAF Command Chronologies. Total III MAF casualties inflicted in December 1968 are: KIA: 2848; POWs: 165.