[mjaneangels@aolcom]

I appreciate your analysis in your post #72.

I have a question that I hope you will answer. Does the term casualties only refer to KIAs or is that a term used for injured as well?

Thanks,

Jane

[A Simple Soldier]

Casualties are an all encompassing term, but it is frequently misused to only indicate killed in action. Some of the categories are:

Killed in Action

Wounded in Action (this is not a slight wound either, it is a wound that requires treatment by a medical officer)

Missing in Action, Presumed Dead

Died of Wounds (if you are evacuated to a medical station and die there, o/w no different than KIA)

This list is not all-inclusive, but it gives the most common categories.

[financeprof]

Casualties includes all killed, injured, captured, and missing. KIA is restricted only to those killed outright.