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  2. American units with the highest percentage of casualties per ...

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    4th Marine Regiment: Battle of Corregidor: May 5–6, 1942 (2 days of combat) ~4,000 315 [12] 357 [12] 15 [12] 1,388 [13] ~4,000 [14] Nearly Total [14] Japan: 4th Marine Regiment was destroyed only a few surviving Marines and personnel made up what was left of the regiment. [14] The regiment was dissolved by Gen. Wainwright by his own will ...

  3. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000. [88] 148 of the Union dead were U.S. Marines. [92] [93] ca. ^ Civil War April 2, 2012, Doctor David Hacker after extensive research offered new casualty rates higher by 20%; his work has been accepted by the academic community and is represented here.

  4. United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan

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    October 2010 – 4 Marines with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment for the whole of the Marine Corps. April 27, 2011 – Eight United States Air Force Airmen and one American contractor were killed at the Kabul ...

  5. Vietnam War casualties - Wikipedia

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    United States Marine recovers bodies of victims killed by South Korean Marines in Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat hamlets on February 12, 1968. [47] The ROK Capital Division reportedly perpetrated the Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre in February/March 1966. The 2nd Marine Brigade reportedly perpetrated the Binh Tai Massacre on 9 October 1966. [48]

  6. List of battles with most United States military fatalities

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    This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968) and one campaign during the Iraq ...

  7. Marine killed during 'routine military operations' at Camp ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... The death comes after a Marine died and 14 others were injured in December when an amphibious ...

  8. Death came during Crucible. Parris Island trains 19,000 marines a year. Beals was assigned to Platoon 2040 in Company E after arriving at Parris Island on March 12, 2021.. Those who complete the ...

  9. List of friendly fire incidents - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy submarine USS S-17 (SS-122) was operating in the Panama Canal area at periscope depth when a United States Marine Corps plane dropped a 100-pound (45.4 kg) bomb targeting her periscope. Later in the day, the same or a different Marine Corps plane dropped a 100-pound (45.4 kg) bomb that landed within 50 yards (46 m) of her while ...