battlefield casualties
Combat zone fatalities
Battlefield casualties are military personnel killed, wounded, captured, or missing during combat operations.
The term encompasses all losses that reduce fighting strength, not just deaths.
Casualty reports track these numbers: The offensive resulted in heavy battlefield casualties on both sides.
Distinguished from non-combat losses like accidents or disease.
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- walking woundedAmbulatory casualties
- fallenHaving dropped down
- deadNo longer alive
- killed in actionDied during combat operations
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- Union soldiersUnion infantry, federal troops, enlisted men, volunteers, privates
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Noncombatants killed in conflict
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