Question About War Casualty Count

[Dirty Hippie]

Currently 485 reported dead. If a soldier is wounded in battle and later dies as a result of his or her wounds does that solder's death show up in this figure or do they remain under the category of wounded?

[leftofthedial]

1. with only one exception I can think of

wounded who later die have not been added to the KIA total.

The only exception I can think of was two (I think) soldiers who initially survived the big helicopter shoot-down, but died during the next day or two.

[m-jean03]

2. Have many died later from their wounds

and where could we find out?

[leftofthedial]

3. certainly not from our government

I've seen lists on the web linked to from various threads in DU, but I don't have a link handy.

[hobbes159]

4. I suppose it depends on how long afterward they die, but....

Generally speaking, if a soldier doesn't die in the field and makes it through emergency surgery, they're probably going to make it. (I recall reading an article a while back from a journalist asking the same question, I'll have to look for the link when I get home.) Medics can do quite a bit to stabilize patients on the ground, medevac is usually performed within minutes (by ground or air), surgical units aren't far away, and medical technology is gotten pretty advanced....

[Kolesar]

5. Just think how high deaths would be without modern evac &medical care

We have had thousands of injuries. I believe over 7000 soldiers are crippled.