Battle Of Iwo Jima Casualties List
Battle of iwo jima.
Battle of iwo jima casualties list. February 19 1945 march 26 1945 iwo jima japan. April 1 1945 june 22 1945 okinawa japan volcano and ryukyu islands campaign 51 429 12 513 killed and 38 916 wounded allied victory japan. Holland howlin mad smith commanded the landing. The battle caused the deaths of 6 800 american sailors and marines as well as the death of 18 917 japanese soldiers.
No single list of the 70 000 who served on iwo jima exists. Results and lesson summary with the. Virtually all of the 22 000 japanese soldiers involved in the battle were killed. The casualty list is as follows.
I have recently added 20 army air corps names that died in the final banzai attack during the night of 3 25 and the morning of 3 26 428 navy names from the following ships terry bismark sea pensecola blessman lci g s 441 466 471 473 449 450 473 474 457 udt teams 12 14 15. Harlon block pfc franklin sousley pfc rene gagnon pfc ira hayes and navy corpsman pm2 john bradley are all known to have been there since joe rosenthal. The battle of iwo jima resulted in 25 707 deaths according to the navy department library. 112th regimental combat team ww1 29th infantry div casualties ww2 303rd bomb group casualties ww2 457th bomb group ww2 casualties 51st signal bn korea casualties 5th infantry division casualties.
More than 25 000 americans were wounded. 26 038 6 821 killed and 19 217 wounded american victory japan battle of okinawa. Volcano and ryukyu islands campaign. This is still a growing list it currently has 6059 names.
26 000 us casualties of which 6 800 were dead. Battle of iwo jima.