The Marine Corps History Division is NOT the official repository* for Marine Corps casualty information and cannot create new additions to our inhouse collection of casualty cards nor the online databases. This does not mean that the event (KIA, WIA, etc.) did not happen, just that the branch did not have a card. The cards and corresponding database are NOT COMPREHENSIVE as there are often gaps or omissions. In an effort to increase patron usage and preserve the historic cards, the branch has digitized them and created a database of the information. Please Note: the numbers next to the names on the WWI microfilm casualty list are NOT Marine Corps service numbers. For the World War I period, HDR has two reels of microfilm that splits between those Marines who died and those who were wounded, sick, or injured in some other way. Casualty cards were issued when a Marine was wounded, missing, killed or deemed a prisoner of war. The History Division’s Reference Branch (HDR) holds casualty cards for World War II, War Dogs, Interwar Period 1946-50, Korea, Interwar Period 1955-1965, and Vietnam.
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