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SCANNED DOCUMENTATION FOR ACCESSIONED ELECTRONIC RECORDS

(Prepared for scanning: March 8,2004)

Series Title - - Combat Area Casualties Database, ca 1967 - ca 12/1998

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

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Supplemental Note Regarding DoD Manual for Standard Data Elements,

DOD-5000.12M

When code groups were compiled by the Department of Defense for use with the Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF), some of them were taken from the DoD Manual for Standard Data Elements, DOD-5000.12M. The manual is referenced, along with other documents, in the Department of Defense Instruction, Number 7730.22, of March 20,1973, which is included in the agency documentation. In addition to this reference are other citations by selected code tables: Table 1-DoD Component, Table 2 -Country of Casualty -Southeast Asia, Table 5 -Service Component, Table 11-Race, Table 12 -Religious Denomination, Table 13 -Sex, Table 14 -Marital Status, and Table 15 -Home State, Territory or Country. Codes for the last table were not found in the 1March 1970 revision of the April 27,1965 edition.

Copies of DoD Manual for Standard Data Elements, DOD-5000.12M (1 March 1970 version) are available upon request.

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Documentation for the

Combat Area Casualties Returned Alive File (CACRAFI,

as of March 1989

Contains: Number of Pages

1. Validation Statement ................... 1

2. Public Use Version Statement ........... 1

3. Guide to Documentation ................. 1

4. Introduction ........................... 2

5. Executive Order 11216 .................. 1

6. NARA Prepared Record Layout ............ 2

7. Data Element Code Crossreference

List ................................. 4

8. Department of Defense Instruction 7730.22 (March 20, 1973) ............. 31

9. Amended Tables 4a through 4d ........... 3

10. Corrected Table 15 .................... 2

11. Army Enlisted Military Occupational

Specialty (MOS) Codes ................ 33

12. Army Officer Military Occupational


13. Air Force Enlisted Military Occupational


14. Air Force Officer Military Occupational


15. Sample Printouts of Data .............. 3

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Record Group 330)

Accession Number: 3-330-92-006

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COMBAT AREA CASUALTIES RETURNED ALIVE FILE (CACRAF),

AS OF MARCH 1989

Validation Statement

When the National Archives acquired custody of this file, the

accessioning procedures called for a manual comparison of the

documentation to a printout of a portion of the records in the data

file. This manual comparison is referred to as a "preliminary

assessment8* or 88validation. Three records were compared to a

record layout prepared by the staff of the Center for Electronic

Records from available information on the data file.

Available information included the Department of Defense

Instruction 7730.22 (March 20, 1973), codes previously assembled by

the staff of the National Archives, and record layouts previously

prepared by the staff of the National Archives. This is a

statement of the results of the preliminary assessment or

validation.

Title: Combat Area Casualties Returned Alive File (CACRAF), as of

March 1989

Logical Record Length: 158

Total Number of Data Files: 1

No discrepancies were noted during hand validation between the

record layout prepared by and docurnentation assembled by the staff

of the National Archives and a sample dump of the data. A public

use version of this data file has been created masking the social

security (service) number (positions 44-52) and religion code

(positions 105-106) on all records.

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Public Use Version

The version of the Combat Area Casualties Returned Alive File

(CACRAF), as of March 1989, as transferred to the Center for

Electronic Records of the National Archives from the Special

Projects Division, Directorate for Information, Operations, and

Reports, Washington Headquarter Services, Office of the Secretary

of Defense includes records containing information about possibly

living individuals. In keeping with the Freedom of Information

Act (b)(6) exemption, some information about individuals is

exempt from disclosure to prevent an unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

In the CACRAF, information in the Social Security (Service) Number (positions 44-52) and religion code (positions 105-106) data elements have been masked on the records to prevent an . unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.


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Guide to Documentation

This guide to the Combat Area Casualties Returned Alive File, as

of March 1989, is intended to provide information regarding the

use of the documentation package. Elements of this documentation

package were collected from the Manpower Management Information

Division, Directorate for Information, Operations and Reports

(DIOR), Washington Headquarter Services, Office of the Secretary

of Defense; Special Projects Division, Directorate for

Information, Operations and Reports (DIOR), Washington

Headquarter Services, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and

staff of the National Archives.

The introduction to the documentation provides a brief

narrative of the Combat Area Casualties File (CACF) database

and extracts from the CACF including the "Returned Alive"

file. Included in the introduction is a brief description

and history of the CACF and description of the purpose and

maintenance of the database. In addition, a copy of

Executive Order 11216 is included.

Prepared by the staff of the Center for Electronic Records

is a record layout for the data file and a data element code

crossreference list. The crossreference list provides the

researcher with information necessary for identifying the

appropriate table in DoD Instruction 7730.22 (March 20,

1973) containing the codes for various data elements in the

CACCF. In some cases, codes are not reported in the

instruction and are reported in the endnotes of the

crossreference table.

Department of Defense Instruction 7730.22 (March 20, 1973)

forms the heart of the documentation package. Included in

this instruction are data element identifiers and tables

providing codes for the data elements. Tables 4a through 4d

and Table 15 have been amended or corrected and appear in

the documentation directly following DoD Instruction

7730.22.

0 Finally, a paltape dump of records from the CACRAF is included.

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Introduction

The Combat Area Casualties File (CACF) contains selected

descriptive data about U.S. military personnel who were

casualties in the six countries of Cambodia, Communist China,

Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Thailand during the

Vietnam conflict.

The CACF was created by the Comptroller of the Office of the Secretary of Defense by directive on January 20 , 1967. ' The original designation for the project is the Combat Area Casualties Data Base (CACDB) (see DoD Directive 7730 .22 , March 20, 1 9 7 3 ) . The Center received 10 transfers of the CACF between August 1980 and May 1986. The original transfer of data from August 1980 was not retained. The CACF contains final and non- final records for those who died or were declared dead and records for those returned alive to military control. See . accession dossier ("3-330-80-003) for information regarding the original transfer and agreement to transfer annual updates to the CACF beginning in 1988. The Office of the Secretary of Defense began transferring separate ItCurrenttt (CACCF, final records), tlHistorytl(CACHF, non-f inal records) , and IIReturned Alive" files (CACRAF, final records) in June 1988 (see accession dossier "3-330-90-004) . The CACF is a dynamic data base currently maintained by the

Special Projects Division; Directorate for Information,

Operations, and Reports (DIOR); Washington Headquarters Services;

Office of the Secretary of Defense. This data base is in the

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Record Group

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2) PurDose and Maintenan ce of the CAC F

The purpose of the data base was to Itconsolidate guidance and

procedures for reporting U.S. casualties in combat areas into one

issuance; add uniform procedures and formats for reporting

' DOD Ins truc t ion 7730.22, " S t a t i s t i c a l Report on u.S. Casua l t i e s i n Southeast A s i a , " January 20, 1967.

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automated weekly detail on casualties; and designate a single

point of contact for maintaining the official DoD Combat Area

Casualties Data Base.*12 The combat area was designated on April

24, 1965 in Executive Order 11216. Included in the documentation

is a copy of the Executive Order.

Each of the four military services of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the U . S . Coast Guard of the Department of Transportation provided the data. Information is usuallyextracted from DoD Form 1300, **Reportof Casualty.1t In accordance with a formal arrangement, DIOR maintains the CACF data base online and transfers 'snapshots' annually to the National Archives. DIOR also sends updated information to the National Park Service for use in connection with maintaining the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. These transfers are generally for the purpose of adding new names. Occasionally, there are spelling and other corrections. DIOR corrects data when the remains of a serviceman or woman are recovered and identified by military forensic morticians.

To do this it has been DIOR's practice, at least for some

periods, to add new records rather than to change the old ones,

by inserting a flag to indicate that it is a new (Itfinallt)

record. This creates an audit trail for statistical research.

ttFinallland "non-f inall* records are identified in position 119 (see record layout) with llfinal*t (current status , or lllast recordtt) identified as lll.ll If the position is blank or contains a there is more current information about the person elsewhere in the data base. However, DIOR has not been consistent in this process.

Since June 1988 (see accession dossier "3-330-90-004), DIOR

transfers three data files extracted from the CACF to the

National Archives. The data files are arranged by I'Last Record

Code11 (final or non-final) and thereunder by "Type of Casualty"

code. *@Typeof Casualtyt1 code is found in positions 4 and 5, and

defined in Table 9 of DoD Instruction 7730.22 (March 20, 1973).

The "Returned Alive" file contains f inal records (ItlI1in position119) for the 772 servicemen who are coded as B5 - Missing and Returned, B7 - Captured and Returned, and D5 - Nonhostile, Missing and Returned. This data was transferred in March 1989.

DoD Ins truc t ion 7730.22, "Reports on U.S. Casua l t i e s i n Combat Areaa," March 20, 1973.


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3. ACCESSION NO. 4. RECORD LENGTH 6. DATE PREPARED I m m m s t Asia] Combat Area

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REFERENCESIGN TYPEIJf OF IDENT.LINE FIELD CLASS nu- SIZE NOTE

NO. DATA ELEMENT LOCATION A/N DATA AND UNE STANDARD PAGE NO.

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2 Countrv of Casualtv 2-3 A 2

3 Tvpe of Casualtv 4-5 A 2

4 Reference Number 6-10 N 5

Blank 11 A 1

5 Name 12-39 A 28

6 Date Record Processed (YYMM) 40-43 N 4

7 Social Security OR Service Num. 44-52 N 9

(Masked in Public Use Version)

8 Military Grade 53-56 A 4

9 Pay Grade 57-58 A 2

10 Date of Death/Casualty/Dis 59-66 A 8

position (MM/DD/YY)

11 'Home of Record' City 67-86 A 20

12 'Home of Record' State Code 87-88 4 2

13 Service Occupation Code 89-93 p. 6

14 Date of Birth (MM/DD/YY) 94-10:. 9 8

15 Reason 102 1

16 Aircraft or Not Aircraft 103 h' 1

17 Race 104 E , 1

18 Religion Code 105-105 1' 2

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19 Length of Service in Years 107-103 2

20 Marital Status 109 1

21 Sex 110 1

22 Citizen Code 111 . 1,

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LINE FIELD CUSS nu- OF IMNT.DATA ELEMENT SIZE NOTENO. LOCATION N N me,ic, DATA AND

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23 Posthumous Promotion 112 N 1 24 Date Tour in Southeast Asia 113-IIEl N 6

Beqan (YYMMDD) 25 Last Record Code (all last 119 N 1

records = ‘1,)

26 Body Recovered or Not 120-123 A 3

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Data Element Code Crossreference Table

The following crossreference table provides information for the

location of codes for data elements in the Combat Area Casualties

Returned Alive File (CACRAF), as of March 1989 in Department of

Defense (DoD) Instruction 7730.22 dated March 20, 1973. A copy

of the directive is included in this documentation package.

Note that over time, data element names have been modified by the

DoD, as reported in the record layouts included with each

transfer of the CACF. In addition, new data elements have been

added (names in bold) over time, therefore no tables are prepared

for DoD 7730.22. Codes for those data elements not included in

the instruction are included in the endnotes. No codes have been

provided by the agency for the last four data elements (numbers

31 through 34). Where appropriate, this table provides the names

of data elements as they appear in DoD Instruction 7730.22 in

parentheses.

When referring to the instruction, researchers should be aware of

notes relating to individual data elements. Endnotes following

this crossreference table were prepared by the staff of the

National Archives.

No. Data Element Location DoD Dir. 7730.22

1 Military Service (DoD Component) 1 Table 1

2 Country of Casualty 2-3 Table 2

3 Type of Casualty (Casualty Group) 4-5 Table 9

4 Reference Number (File Ref. No.) 6-10 See Encl. 6, p.1

Blank 11 5 Name (of Casualty) 12-39 See Encl. 6, p.16 Date Record Processed (YYMM) 40-43 See Encl. 6, p.4 7 Social Security OR Service Num. 44-52 See Encl. 6, p.18 Military Grade (Grade or Rate) 53-56 Tables 4a thru 4d' 9 Pay Grade (Grade or Rate) 57-58 Tables 4a thru 4d2 10 Date of Disposition (Casualty 59-66 See Encl. 6, p.211 'Home of Record' City (Place) l 3 67-86 See Encl. 6, p.412 'Home of Record' State Code 87-08 Table 155 13 Service Occupation Code6 89-93 See Encl. 6, p.4

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14 Date of Birth (MM/DD/YY) 94-101 See Encl. 6, p.2

15 Reason (Cause of Casualty) 102 Table 7

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16 Aircraft or Not Aircraft 103 Table 8 (Air or Non-Air)

17 Race 104 Table 11 18 Religion Code (Religious Denom.) 105-106 Table 12 19 Length of Service i n Years* 107-108 20 Marital Status 109 Table 14 21 Sex 110 Table 13 22 Citirrren Code 111 23 Posthumous Promotion 112 Table 10 24 Date Tour in Southeast Asia 113-118 See Encl. 6, p.4

Began (YYMMDD) (Date Commenced Tour) 25 L a s t Record Code'O 119 26 Body Recovered or Not" 120-122 27 Age a t T i m e of Casualty12 123-124 28 Component (Service Component) 125 Table 513-29 ~ o n i e n t s ' ~.

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1. Military Grade, Dositions 53-56 - Refer to re-typed tables 4a thru 4d for more explanatory identifications of military grades. These tables follow DoD Instruction 7730.22.

2. Pav Grade, Dositions 57-58 - Refer to re-typed tables 4a thru 4d for more explanatory identifications of pay grades. These tables follow DoD Instruction 7730.22.

3. Date of Disposition (Casualty) , Dositions 59-66 (MM/DD/YY) -In many cases, this data element is used to express the date of a change in status as identified in Table 9; e.g. from Captured to Returned to Military Control (thus, it might not express the date of death) or from Missing in Action to Died While Missing.

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4. 'Home of Record' - City (Place), Dositions 67-86 - If is unknown,, this field contains an asterisk somewhere in columns 67-86.

5. 'Home of Record' State Code, Dositions 87-88 - Note there are ctwo versions of table 15 included with the documentation. The

first was included as part of DoD Instruction 7730.22. It was

superseded by the version of table 15 immediately following. Codes

in the second version of table 15 are correct for the CACCF.

6. Service OccuDation Code (Military Specialty) (MOS). Dositions 89-93 - During the Vietnam conflict, MOS codes differed by military service. Not all of these codes have been made available to the National Archives, and thus to researchers. The following MOS guides are included in this documentation package: MOS - Army -Enlisted, 1960-1975; MOS - Army - Commissioned Officers, 1960-1975; MOS - Air Force - Enlisted, 1960-1973; and MOS - Air Force -Commissioned Officers, 1961-1974.

7. peason. position 102 - The code 'H' was later added as a possible code for this data element. This code is identified as 'Multiple-Fragment Wounds.'

8. Lenath of Service in Years, positions 107-108 - Data in this field are frequently omitted and an asterisk ( * ) is placed in position 108. An asterisk may also identify persons whose length of service was less than one year.

9. Date Tour in Southeast Asia Beaan (YYMMDD) (Date Commenced Tour), Dositions 113-118 - In the records of some personnel who were declared dead from a missing or captured status, this element apparently reflects date originally missing or captured.


10. Last Record Code, Dosition 119 - )ll))= last record, 1101*= previous record.

11. Body Recovered or Not. Dositions 120-122 - Body recovered = '*' in position 122, body not recovered = 'BNR'.

12. Acre at Time of Casualty, Positions 123-124 - This data element contains the age of person at the time of casualty in years. In the case of those declared dead, the age expressed is the age at the time of declaration of death.

13. ComDonent (Service Component, position 125 - Note that table 5 reports llT1l is used as the code for Temporary. In the CACCF, llY1l instead of l1T1l,and reportedly refers to Selective Service. A l s o , if component is unknown or not reported, an asterisk (*) is used instead of a 18211.

a 514. Comments, Dositions 126- - Comments are always contained in parentheses and start in position 125 or 126. Comments are not associated with every record. This field was introduced with the transfer of the CACCF in 1988.


Refs:: .(a) DoD zhstruction 7730.22, " S t a t i s t i c a l Report on U. S. Casualties in Southeast Asia," January 20, 1967 (hereby cancelled)

OdSD(Comptroller) memorandum t o Mil i tary Departments,. "Wounded Casualty Sta t i s t ics , " August 24, 1967 (hereby *. cancelIed)

DoD Directive 7750.2, "Battle Casualty S ta t i s t ics , " april 3, 1953 (hezeby cancelled)

DoD Znstruction 1300.9, "Hlitary Personnel Casualties Notification gad bsistance to Next of Kin," April 6, 1970

Executive Order ll2l6, "Designationof V i e t n a m and Waters M'acent Thereto as a Combat Zone. Apri l 24, l965

JCS Pub. 1, "DoD Dictfonary of Military and Associated rems,'' authorized by DoD D,irectFve5000.9,. August 20, 1969

DOD 5000.12-H, ''Manual f o r Standard D a t a Elements," =-zed by DoD Lnstruction 5000.12, A p r i l 27, 1965

DoD Directive 5000.19, "Policies f o r the Wagement and Coptrol of DoD Information Requirements," June 2, 1971

I, REZSSlJANCE AND PURPOSE

A, This Instruction reissues reference (a) t o : consolidate guidance and procedures f o r reporting U. S. casualties in combat areas i n t o one issuance; add uniform procedures and formats f o r reporting automated weekly d e t a i l data on Casualties; and designate a single point of contact f o r

t he o f f i c i a l DoD Cambat Area Casualties Data Base.

B. References (a), (b). and (c) are hereby -celled.

The prwdsions of this Instruction apply t o the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and t o the U. S. Coast Guard when operating ee a service in the Navy. Separate repor t s from the Marbe Corps are required,

The Secretary of Defense desires that there be one s ingle point of contact within the Office of the Secretary of Defense s t a f f which col lec t , process, and disseminate official . statistical

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A. Responsibility. The Directorate f o r Information Operations, OASD(Comptrol1er) w i l l (1) be responsible f o r maintaining the o f f i c i a l DoD Combat Area Casualties Data Base from information derived from data submitted as prescribed in enclosures 1 through 8, and (2) seme as the central data repository f o r casualty information on all 0. S. conf l ic t s (i.e., historical data on prior conf l i c t s t o the extent that data are available, cuzrent, and future emergency s i tuat ions) .

1. The data base w i l l con& complete da ta f o r each death o r missing o r captured individual and each report w i l l be complete and consistent with preceding reports. For

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a. It is posdble f o r an individual t o be reported missing or captured nmre than once; therefore reporting the appropriate return t o mi l i ta ry control is an important par t of the complete record f o r the ind iddual .

b. An hd iv idua l might be missing, then known t o be captured ar interned, and Subsequently IcLIown t o have died vhile captured.

2. Each of t he above determinations should be a separate report , and/or submitted as a correction, i f appropriate, and forwarded in chronological order.

E, Source of Data. (see m.8 belou) w i l l be obtained from data recorded on DD Form 1300 (reference (a)) and other appropriate personnel records .

D a t a f o r reports required by t h i s Instruct ion

Iv. EXPLANATION OF^

A. Combat areas o r zones w i l l be specified by R e s i d e n t i a l o r Congressional authority.

E. Southeast Asia, f o r purposes of these reports, consis ts of North Vietnam. South V i e t n a m , Cambodia, c h i p a 8 h o s , Thai- land, and adjacent waters as-specified in Executive Order l l 2 l 6 (reference (e)) and extended by Executive Department direc tioa .

C. For def in i t ions of the several categories of casualties, refer t o the sections of the DoD Dictionary of Mil i tary

"died of d s received in action," "killed in action," 'bunded in action," and "nopbattle casualty," and equate their meanings t o the purpose of this report.

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I, Definitions f o r "missing," "captured," and "interned" are as defined in standard non-Govermuent dictionaries.

2. The nuxuber of casualties t o be reported as "resultingfrom actions by hos t i l e forces" are those which were incurred "in action."

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. i 3'. Note t h a t in the def in i t ion of "battle casualty" as used in the DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (reference (f)), the term "in action" characterizes the casualty status as having been t h e direct result of hos t i l e action; sustained in combat o r r e l a t ing thereto;

.. .. o r sus t ahed going t o o r returning from a combat mission provided that the occurrence was d i r e c t l y re la ted t o hos t i l e action or, through misadventure, f r iendly action. Injuries due t o the dements o r se l f - inf l ic ted wounds are not t o be coasidaed as sustained in ac t ion and are thereby not t o be f n t e p r e t e d as b a t t l e casrtaltfes.

4, Qualification for award of t h e Purple H e a r t should be the adterion f o r reporting of .the "bounded o r injured" in Section A of Ponnat A (enclosure I),

5. The number o f casualties. t o be reported as "not the result of actions by hos t i l e forces," are those which were incurred in the combat area but p& in hos t f fe action.

D. Casualties t o be reported are a l l those which occur in the defined area(s) t o mil i tary personnel serving in any capacity and those deaths which occur anwere as the result o r after-math of an initial casualty incurred in a combat area, including such deaths which occur after retirement o r termi-nation of servlce when data are available. For purpose of summary reports, all casualties including wounded are t o be included. However, d e t a i l data (Form 1300 and punched cards) are required f o r only deaths, missing, captured, interned, d retttrned t o mil i tary control.

E. The above texms will not be applied re t roac t ive ly o r require changes t o casualty reports previously submitted.

v. REPORTS REQUIRED A. Ind iddua l Casualty Reporting @ead and Ifissing). DD Form 1300

Fjill be used by the military uervlces as t h e single form f o r =cording dead and missing casualties as required by DoD - b8tnlct ion x300.9.

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B, D a i l y Statist ics 011 U. S. Casualties Fn Combat Areas. fn order that a White House requirement can be kt, qach mili-t a ry se-ce urlll transmit daily, by telephone, the data for lines A.2.b., A.3.c., A.4.c., A.4.c. and 8.5. of the repor t Fonnat A (enclosure 1) cumulated as of the preceding

C. Weekly Data an lJ. S. Casualties in Combat Areas.

1. Section I - Summary Statistics. Each m i l i t a r y serPice a submit weekly summary reports of casualties incurred bY U, S. military-forces &ch combat area as outlined in attached Formats A and B (enclosures 1 and 2).

.. . . - * a. Data w i l l be d a t i v e (beginning January 1, 1961 . . for Southeast &ia) and will include all pertinent

casualties on record i n the headquarters of the mi l i ta ry services through each Saturday.

b. The data uhich vill appear on the treekly report will be tramsdtted by telephone each anday , immediately as they become available, followed by written con-ffim+pg report along d t h the associated casualty names as shown in Format C (enclosure 3) submitted in duplicate by the following Wednesday.

C. Reporting on the Southeast Asia area will be pro- d d e d u n t i l fur ther not ice on Fonnats A, B, and C (enclosures 1, 2, 3).

2. Section I1 - Detail Data. Detailed automated casualty infomation, by name, w i l l be prodded weekly by each mi l i t a ry service f o r the o f f i c i a l Dol) Combat Area Casualties Data Base not later than the second Tuesday following the close of the week in wtrich casualties are initially reported.

a. This detailed information w i l l be in the form of punched cards as set forth in Formats D and E (enclosuree 4 and 5).

b, Associated DD Foxms 1300 arbmitted pursuant t o DoD Instruction 1300.9 (reference (a)) will be fowarded along vi& the punched cards o r us soon thereaf ter aa pract5cablc.

C. Instructions for prep- the data f o r keypunching,edit requirements, and data conversion tables are attached as enclosures 6, 7, 8, respectively.

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: D. These reports WFll be submitted to: Directorate for Information Operations t OdsD(Comptroller) Room 4B938, Pentagon, Extension 50585 or 70476

E. Future Emergency Situations. Reporting on Formats A through

E (enclosures 1-5) for any future emergency situation will , be required when combat areas'or zones are specified by . . Presidential or Congressional authority. ZP such case, an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) memorandum will be issued giving any additional data conversion codes such as countxies, administrative subdivleions, etc., which maybe required.

j VI. INFOXMATION BEQUIXMENTS

The reporting requirements prescribed in V.B., and C., are assigned Reports Control Symbols DD-caMP(D)763 and DD-COMP0764. Additional information requirements as may be necessary will be developed, approved, and Ucensed consistent with the provisions of 'DoD Direc-t i v e 5000,19, reference (h) .

VIL. EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION

This instruction is effective immediately. Two copies of imple- menting instructions shall be forwarded to the ASD (Comptroller) within 60 days.

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Acting llssistant Secre ary DefenseTdPiiW Enclosures - 8 1. F0-t A ' 2. Format B 3. Fonnat C

. 4. Fonnat D

5. Fonnst E 6. Data Preparation Bstructicm

. 7. E d i t Speciiicatiolls

8. Data Conversion Tablesi

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FORMAT A - S- STdTISTfa Department o r SerPice

: . ~~~s BY U.S. HnITdRy PERSONNEL I N (Cambat Area) Cumulative from through

Count

i. N d e r of c a d t i e s re su l t i ng

from actions by h o s t i l e forces:

1. Killed (died before reaching

medical treatment f a c i l i t y )

2. Wounded o r injured a. Died of ummds or injuries b. N o n f a t a l wounds o r injuries

(1) Hospital care required (2) Hospital care not

requfred

3. M8S-a. Died while missing b. Returned t o mi l i t a ry control C. Current missing

4. Captured o r interned a. Died while captured o r

interned

b. Returned t o mi l i t a ry

control

c. Current captured o r intcred

5. Total deaths r e su l t i ng from

actiona by h o s t i l e forces (sum

of lines I., 2.a., 3.a., and

4.a.)

. Number of casualties not t he result

of actions by h o s t i l e forces:

1. Died (other than reported in line

lfnes 2.a. m d 3.8.)

2. Seriously ill or injured a. Died of ser ious illness o r

bdw

b. . Nonfa td ecrious illness o r

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a. D i e d while Plfsaingb. Returned t o military control C. Curra l tadss ing

- 4. Total deaths not t he result of of l i nea I., 2.a., ami 3.a.)

&at are or in imp martation instntct: B as app:

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FORMAT B - SUPPLEtfENTARY SUMMARY STATISTICS Department o r Service

CASUALTIES INCURRED BY U..S. MILITdRy PERSONNEL IN (Combat A r Cumulative from through

. . . . .

Countries a/t I 1 1 I Tot i 8.5. Total Deaths Resulting From Actions by Hosti le Forces

a. From aircraft

accidents /incidents ’

Fixed Wing

Helicopter

b . From grolmd/surface

act ion

B.4. Total Deaths Not the R e s u l t of Actions by Hosti le Forces

a. From aircraft accidents / incidents

Fixed Wing

Helicopter

5. From groundlsurface ac t ion

-a/ Enter couutries within the designated combat area o r in implementation ins t ruc t ions as appropriate.

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FORMAT C - CASUALTY NAME LIST Department or S e r v i c e

CASUALTIES INCURRED BY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN (Combat k e a )

FOR WEEK ENDING

CODNTRY - CASUALTY GROUP DATE OF CASUALTY NAME -GRADE FILE REF. NO

Note: C a s u a l t y Group relates to line number of Format A. Prepare a separate ncrme list for each cotmtry and casualty group. .

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INPUT PUNCH CARD LAYOUT i

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DATA ELPIENT

DoD Component

Cotmtry of casualty

Name of C a s u a l t y

Social Security No.

Transaction Code

Sequence No.

Card Ident i f icat ion "1"

F i l e Reference No.

Grade o r Rate

Serrtce Component

Date of Casualty

Administrative Subdivision

Cause of Casualty

Air o r Non-Air

C a s u a l t g Group . Posthumous Promotion

Date of B i r t h

Race

Religious D e n o m i n a t i o n

Pay Grade

SeX

Marital Status

B l a n k

TYPE NO. -DATA CHARS

A

A

A

N

A

N

N

N

AN

A

N

N

A

N

AN'

N

N

A

N

AN

A

A

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1

2

27

9

1

1

1

5

4

1

6

2

1

1

2

1

6

1

2

2

- 1

1

2

CARD -COLS

1

2-3

4-30

31-39

40

41

42

43-47

48-51

52

53-58

59-60

6 1

62

63-64

65

66-71

72

73-74

75-76 .

. 77

78

79-80

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INPUT PUNCH CARD LAYOUT 2.

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DATA ELEMENT

DoD Component

colmtry of casualty

Name of C a s u a l t y

Socia l S e c u r i t y No.

T r a n s a c t i o n Code

Sequence No.

Card Identification "2'r

E k e of Record - P l a c e - S t a t e

Date Commenced Tour

Hilitaxy S p e c i a l t y

Date P r o c e s s e d

Blank

TYPE -DATA

A

A

A

N

A

N

N

A

AN

N

AN

N

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NO. -CBARS

1

2

27

9

1

1

1

18

2

6

5

6

1

-CARD COLS

1

2-3 -

4-30

31-39

40

41

42

43-60

61-62

63-68

69-73

74-79

80

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* DoD ComponentI ? * Couatryof casualty

* Name of Casualty

I

* S o c i a l Security No.

Transaction Code

Sequence No.

* Card Ident i f ica t ion

* F i l e Reference No,

Grade or Rate

Service Component

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CASUALWS DATA BAS4 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATS D AND EPma CARD 1

CARD COLS

1

2-3

4-30

31-39

40

41

42

43-47

48-51

52

INSTRUCTIONS

Select code from Table 1.

Select code fram Table 2.

Enter last, f i r s t and middle names in order wtth spaces but no punctuation. B e sure to include suf f ix such as Jr, S r , II, 111, etc. Refer t o DoD 5000.1W, reference NA-RG f o r guidance on formation and contraction of names.

Enter d e r without imbedded dashes o r spaces. Valid first d i g i t can be 0-5 except that each service may use other first d i g i t f o r assignment of temporary SSN a~ follows: DA-9; DN a d m 4 C - 8 ; a d DAF-7.


Enter sequence in w h i c h transactions f o r an indfvidual casualty should be processed.

Enter "1" (constant)

Enter the casualty or case nlrmber. U s e lead blanks as necessary. (Also see Note 2).

Check gbbreviation against Tables 4a - 4d before entering. For Navy E2 and E3 s t r ike r s which exceed 2 characters, use 2 temdnd characters,


\ * Designates Control Fields, see Note 1.

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DOD C w ABEA WUALTTES DATA BASE DATA PREPARAZION -INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATS.D AND E

P u N a CARD 1

DATA ELEMENTS

Date of Casualty - Y e a r- Month- Day Administrative Subdidsfon

Cause of Casualty

*

Date of Birth - Year - &nth- Day Race

Religious Denomination

Pay Grade -a/

SeX

Marital Sta tus

B l a n k

* Designates Control Fields,

CARD COLS

53-54 -55-56

57-58

59-60

61

62

63-64

65

66-67

68-69

70-71

72

73-74

75-76

77

78

79-80

see Note 1.

INSTRUCTIONS

Enter 2 terminal d ig i t s of year.

Enter month code 01-12.

Enter 2 d i g i t day of month 01-31.

U s e lead zeros as necessary.

Select code from Table 6. (Also see Note 3).



Select code from Table 9. (Also see Note 4) . Select code from Table 10.

Enter 2 termfnal digits of year.



Use lead zeros as necessaxy.



Check against Tables 4a - 4d before entering.

Select code frum Table 13.

Select code from Table 14

depending 09 whether o r not

a spouse is l i s t e d as next

of kin.

Leave blank.

-a/ Statutory Pay Grade established by the law in the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended.

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DOD COKBAT AREA CASUALTIES DATA BASE DATA PREPARATION MSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMATS D AND'E

PUNCHCARD1

Note 1: Changes o r corrections t o Control Fields may only be made by de le t inq the previously reported record inser t ing a new record.

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Note 2: Fi l e Reference Numbers will be assigned by the military services in consecutive order fo r each country and major casualty series, Le., hos t i l e deaths; non-hostile deaths; hos t i l e missing, captured/interned; non-hostile missing. In the case of deaths,

4 f i l e numbers vacated due t o changes or corrections in the aforementioned series w i l l be reused. I n t h i s way, the highest i f i le number used w i l l indicate the t o t a l number of deaths f o r

- 4 the military service in that country. On the other hand, 2

' i numbers assigned t o missing, captured/interned cases w i l l not

b e reused and the aggregates have no par t icu lar significance. (Beginning f i l e numbers f o r Southeast Asia area will be provided t o casualty off ices by OSD.)

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Note 3: Ptovince codes for Southeast Asia area are only required f o r South V i e t n a m .

Note 4: The coding rules shown below apply t o reports f o r an individual casualty. However, prerequisite reports as specified below w i l l not be required retroactively.

(a) Death report , code Al-A4 o r Cl-C3 may not have a subsequent report showing a different major casualty series such as missing, RMC, etc., unless the record is first deleted and changed as appropriate.

(b) Host i le Missing report, code B 6 , may only be followed by a HostFle Hissing Returned (B5),Hostile Captured Returned (B7) , Hosti le Captured (B8) , Hostile Died While Missing (a),o r Hosti le Died While Captured/fnterned (84). Also a Hostile Missing report , code B6, is prerequis i te f o r reports with B5 o r A3 codes.

(c) Hostile Missi.ng/Captured report, code B 8 , may only be followed by a Hosti le Captured/Interned Returned (B7) , Hostile Missing (B6) , o r Host i le Died While Captured/Interned (A4). Also, Hostile Missing report (B6) o r Hosti le Captured/Interned report (B8) is prerequis i te

I f o r reports with E 7 o r A4 codes.

(d) N o n - H o s t i l e - s i n g report, code D6, may only be followed by a Non-Hos t i l e Hissing Returned o r Non-Hostile Died While Missing, code D5 o r C3, respectively. Also, Non-Hostile Hiesing reportcode D6, is prerequis i te f o r reports with D5 o r C 3 codes.

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tDOD . c o AREA WUALTES DATA BASE DATA PREPWTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORHATS D AND E .

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Duplicate Fields

C a r d Ident i f ica t ion

Home of Record - Place

\

- State

Mili tary Specialty

Date Processed - Year- Month- Day Blank

-

:/ TourCammencedDate

PUNCHCARD2

CARD COLS'

1-41

42

43-60

61-62

- Year 63-64- Month 65-66- Day 67-68 69-73

74-75 76-77 7&79

80

INSTRUCTIONS

Duplicate from Card 1.

Enter "2" (constant).

Enter the place o r m u n i c i p a l i t y

shown as t he Home of Record a t

time of last entry in to service.

U s e standard/accepted abbreviatiom

(such as N, S, E, W fo r direction;

St €or Saint; etc.) consistently.

Truncate i f exceeds 18 characters.

%en Home of Record is i n a

foreign country, enter the name

of t he country i n Place f i e l d

and XX i n State f ie ld .


Enter 2 terminal d i g i t s of year.



Use lead zeros as necessary.

Enter mi l i ta ry special ty (duty

o r primary) w h i c h most nearly

describes assigned responsibil i ty

a t time casualty occurred.

~0110~vith spaces i f less than 5 characters. For Navy enl is ted, en te r complete rate.

Enter 2 terminal d i g i t s of year.Enter month code 91-12. b t e r 2 digit day of month 01-31. U s e l ead zeros as necessary.

Leave blank.

a/ Date Host i le Fire Pay Began may be used i n l ieu of Date Commenced Tour f o r individuals who are not on a fixed o r extended tour.

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20, 73

DQD C w - l R E A CASUALTIES DATA BASE INPUT QUALITY CONTROL EDIT SPECIFICATIONS FOR FORMATS D AND E

P U N C K C A R D l

DATA ELEMENTS

DoD Component

Country of casualty Name of Casualty

Social Security No.

Transaction Code !

. !

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Sequence No.

Card Ident i f ica t ion

Fi l e Reference No.

Grade o r Rate

Service Component

Note: Incremented each year.

CARD COLS

1

2-3

4-30

31-39

40

41

42

43-47

48-51

52

vkum ENTRIES Must be A, P, F, N, o r M.

Hust be from Table 2.

Must have alphabet€c eatry.

k s t have numeric entry

f i l l i n g a l l positions.

k s t be C, D, o r I. Trans-actions with code I m u s t not match a record in master f i l e on pame and SSN control fields, coluplns 4-39, and must have both cards 1 and 2 present. Trans-actions w i t h C or D must match a record in master f i l e on -a l l control fields, columns 1-39, 43-47, 63-64. Card 1o r both 1and 2 may be present f o r a C (Change) ; only card 1 is needed f o r a D (Delete). However, each previous report fo r an individual casualty would require a separate delete in order (and insert i f appropriate) transaction. Must be numeric entry.

Ut be 1.

Wt be numeric entry 1t o 99999. Lead blanks are acceptable.

Wt be from Tables 4a-4d.

bs t be G, B, T, V, o r 2.

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DOD COMBAT dREB CASUALTIES DATA BASE QUALITY CONTROL mxf SPECIFICATIONS FOR FORMATS D AND E

PuNca CARD 1

DATA ELEMENT

Date of Casualty - Year- Month - Day

Administrative Subdivision

Cause of C a s u a l t y

Air o r Non-Air

Casualty Group

Posthumous Prom t ion

Date of Birth - Year- Month - Day

Race

Religious Denomination . Pay Grade

.SeX

. Hari ta l S ta tus

Note: Ir'"-ted each year.

CARD COLS

53-54 55-56 57-58

59-60

61

62

63-64

65

66-67 68-69 70-71

72

73-74

75-76

77

78

2

VAISD ENTRIES

Wt be 61-73 (see footnote). Hust be 01-12 with lead zero. &st be 01-31 with lead zero. May have as t e r i sk in low order posi t ion (col 58) ff date is unknown.

Wt be from Table 6.

M u s t be from Table 7.

Wt be 1-8. Codes 1-6 must d s o have A o r B in Cause ob Casualty f i e l d (col 61). Codes 7 and 8 must also have C throughZ in Cause of C a s u a l t y f i e ld .

Must be from Table 9.

Must be g or 1.

M u s t be less than 5 4 (see footnote)

Wt be 01-12 with lead zero.

Must be 01-31 with lead zero.

May have as te r i sk in low order

posi t ion (col 71) i f date is

unlulovn.

Hust be C, I, L, M, N, or Z.

%st be from Table 12.

Wt be from Tables 4a-4d.

Muat be M o r F.

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PtINuI 0 2

DATE ELEMENT CARD COLS VALID ENTRIES

Note: Edit f o r f i e l d s in card columns 1-41 are same as those f o r punch card 1.

Card Iden t i f i ca t ion

Home of Record - Place

- S t a t e

Date Commenced Tour - Y e a r- Month- Day

Military Specialty

Date Processed - Year - Month- Day

Note: Incremented each year.

42

43-60

61-62

63-64 65-66 67-68

69-73

. . 74-75 76-77 78-79

Must be 2.

b t have alphabetic entry o r a s t e r i sk for unknown i n low order posi t ion (col 60). Hyphens are acceptable. Wt have numeric state code 41-56; o r alphabetic country code GQ, PQ, Ws SQP VQ, o r ZZ.

Must be 61-73 (see footnote). b t be 41-12 with lead zero. M u s t be 0-31with lead zero. Ma.. have as te r i sk in low order posit ion (col 68) if date is unknown.

Must have alpha-numeric entry o r a s t e r i sk i n low order posit ion (col 73) i f unknown.

Must be 61-73 (see footnote). M u s t be 0-12 with lead zero. Must be 01-31 with lead zero.

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DOD C O W A R k CASUALTIES D m BASE DATA CONVERSION TABLES €OR FORMATS D AND. . E

TABLE 1 - DoD COMPONENT . . # -Code Meaning

A DA

F DAF

P USCG

N o t e : Extracted In part f r o m DoD 5000.l2M (reference (g)), Reference N d e DE-HM. * * *

TABLE 2 - COUNTKY OF CASUALTY - SOUTHEAST ASIA . Code Meaninq7

CB C a m b o d i a

c3 C o m m u n i s t China

LA Laos

VN North V i e t n a m

* . vs R e p u b l i c of Vfetnam (South - 1 V i e t n a m )

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TH Thailahd . . N o t e : Extracted f r o m DoD SOOO.UM, (refercnce (g)), R e f e r e n c e Number CO-XV.

* * * TABLE 3 - TRANSACTION CODE

-Code Xeaninq C mange

D D e l e t e

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DATA CO_NPFPSION TABLES FOR FORMATS D AND E .

TABLE 4a - COMMISSIONED OFFICERS - Grade Abbreviation

Pay Grade USA, USAF, USMC USN, USCG

01 2LT ENS

02 LLT LTJ

03 CPT LT

04 KAJ LCD

05 LTC CDR

06 COL CPT

07 BG RAD

08 RAD

09 LTG VAD

10 ADM

* * * TABLE 4b - W A R B N T OFFICERS

Pay Grade Grade Abbreviation

Wl wo1L

1

w2 cw2

w3 cw3

w4 cw4

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DATA CONVERSION TABLES FOR-FOUdAl'S D AND E

TABLE 4~ - USA, USAF, and USMC ENLISTED PERSONNEL G r a d e Abbreviation

Pay G r a d e armJl Air Force Marine Corps

E l PV1 AB PVT

E2 PV2 AMN PFC

E3 PFC A l C LCP

E4 CPL SCT CPL

E4 SP4 - -E5 SGT S S G SGT

E5 SP5 - -E6 SSG TSG SSG

i E6 SP6 - -E7 SFC I S G GSG

E7 PSG -E7 SP7 -E8 1SG S S I S G

. E8 MSG - MSG E9 Sc;M CMS S a

E9 CSM - K;S E9 SMA - -

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DO0.CwT.-AREA.CASUALTIES DATA *E DATA CONVERSION WLES FOR FORMATS D AND E "

TABLE 4d - USN end USCG ENLISTED PERSONNEL. Grade or Rate Abbreviation . . Pay Grade lst Col 2nd Col 3rd Col 4th Col

E l A,C,D,P,H,S, or T R Y . I

E2 A,D,D,P,H,S, or T A I Y

E3 A,C,.D,F,H,S, or T N Y v

. .. E4 X X 3 16

E4 X x X 3

E5 X X 2 v

E5 X X X 2

E6 X X 1 d

E6 X X X 1

E7 X X C v

E7 X X X C

E8 X X S Y

E8 X X S

E9 X M Y

E9 X X X n

Note: "X" denotes any entry i s acceptable.

'?I"denotes blank.

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DOD COMBAT h E A CASUALTIES DATA BASE DATA CONVERSION TABLES FOR FOREUS D AND E . - . .- - .

TULE 5 - SERVICE COMPO= -Code Meaning

R Regular (RA, USN, USdp, U S E , USCG)

V meme (USdR,. US^, USbFB, USMcB, USCGR)

G National Guard of U. S . (ANG, UNG) I

T Temporary (ADS, USNSS, BmTS, USMCSS)

z Unknown or not reported Extracted from DoD 5000,12M, (reference (g)), Reference Number SE-NA.

* * * TABLE 6 - SOUTH VIETNAM PROVINCES AND MILITARY REGIONS

MILITAKX REGION 1 MILITAKY REGION 2 (Continued)

63 Khanh Hoa 11Q-s N=

Q-s 6s Eontum 66

Quang T r i 61 Ninh Thuan 16

Thua Thien 42 Phu Bon 41

DMZ 50 mu Yen 89

Offshore, MR 1 81 P l d u 68

Province unknown, MR 1 91 Quans 13

12

B i n h D i n h 97 Offahore, MR 2 * 82

B f n h Thuan 17 Province unknavn, MB 2 92

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B i e n Hoa

B i n h Dwng

B l n h Long

B i n h Tuy

w a Dinh

Hau Nghia

Long &

Long Khanh

Phuoc Long

Phuoc Tuy

Tay Ninh

Offshore, MR 3

25

23

2l

18

24

42

27

19

14

26

22

83

MILITAKP REGION 4 (Continued)

Eac Lieu

Chau Doc

Chuong Thlen

Con Son Island

Dinh Tuong

Go Cong

K i a Giang

Kien H o a

Kien Phong

men Tuong

Phu Quoc Island

Phong Dfnh

44

4s

37

49

3a

43

36

33

29

28

49

35

Province upknown, MR 3 93 Sa Dec 46

MILITAKP REGION 4

h G a g

An xugen

B a Xugen

V i n h B i n h 34 . 31 Vinh tong 32

39 Offshore, lfft 4 a4

38 Province Unknown, XR 4 94

PROVINCE AND MR u"m

Offshore, Province and XR Unknown 89

Pro&ce.and MR Unknown 99

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TABLE 7 - CblISE OF CASUALTY -Code Meaning A Aircraft Loss/Crash at Sea'.. ! B Urcraft Loss/Crash Not at 'Sea

C V e h i c l e LosslCrash

D Gunshot o r Small Anns Fire

' . a E Artillery/Rocket

F Other Weapons

G . Explosive Device (Grenade, Mine, Booby Trap, etc.) I Misadventure

J Drowned/Suffocated

K Burns

L Lllness/Disease (Other Than Malaria h Hepatit is)

M Malaria

N Hepatitis

0 H e a r t Attack (Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Thrombosis, etc.)

P Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)

Q Suicide

B Accident id Self Destruction

S Intent ional Homicide

T Accidental Homicide

U Other Accident

V Other Causes

z Uxdcnowu or Not Reported Note: U s e codes D,. E, P, G, I with h o s t i l e only; codes L-U with non-\ h o s t i l e only; A, B, C, J, K, V, 2 w i t h e i t h e r hostile o r non-hostile.

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2

3

4

5

6

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TABLE 8 - AIR OR N a - A I R CASUALTY

Meaning

Fixed Wing Bir Casualty - P i l o t

Fixed Wing Air Casualtp - Other Alrcrew

Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Non-Aircrew

Helicopter Air Casualty - P i l o t

Helicopter Air Casualty - Other Aircrew

Helicopter Air Casualty - Non-Aircrew

Ground Casualty

Sea Casualty

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i -Code Al

A2

A3

A4

B5

B6

B7

B8

a.

c2

c3

D5

D6 .

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TABLE 9 - CASUALTY GROUP Meaninq

Hostile - Killed

Hostile - Died of Wounds

Hostile - Died While Missing

Hostile - Died While Captured/Interned

Hostile - Missing - Returned to Military Control Hostile - Current Missing Hostile - Captured/Interned - Returned to Military Control Hostile - Current Captured

Non-Hostile - Died of Other Causes

Non-Hos tile - Died of Illness /Infuries

Non-Hostile - Died While Missing

Non-Hostile - Missing - Returned to Military Control

Non-Hostile - Current Missing

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TABLE 10 - POSTHUMOUS PROmION

-Code Meaning

0 Not Posthumously Promoted

1 Posthtmrously Promoted

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I

L

H

Z

TABLE ll - RAa E!?&& Caucasi i n

American Indian

Malayan

Mongolian

Unknown o r Not Reported

Extracted in par t from DoD SOOO. lW, .(reference (g)), Reference Number RA-EA and expanded t o accommodate requirements.

* * * TABLE 12 - RELIGIOUS DENObENATION

-Code Meaning

00 No Religious Preference

02 Seventh Day Adventist

44 Bssemblies of God

06 Baptist - American Baptist Convention

08 Baptist - Southern Baptist Convention

19 Baptist - Other Groups

12 Brethren (Drmkers)

14 B u d d h i s m

16 Christian Science

18 church of a d s t

29 Church of God

24 Disciples of Christ

26 Episcopal (Anglican)10

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.. . -Code Meaning . ... 32 Friends (Quaker)

34 Jehovah's Witnesses

36 Jewish'i, . *. -5 38 Latter Day Saints (Mormon). . i.

4Q Lutheran (also Missouri Synod) - .I

44 Methodist (also Evangelical United Brethren)

46. Evalgelical Covenant

58 Nazarene

53 - Orthodox

56 Pentecostal

58 Presbyterian

6@ Reformed

62 Rinnan Catholic . 64 Salvation dsmp

66 Unitarian Universalist

68 United Church of Christ (also Congregational Christian, and Evahgelical and Reformed)

78 Protestant - Other churches 72 Protes tan t - No Deaominational Reference 74 O t h e r Religions (Hindu, Bhai, etc.)

99 IMcuown or Not Reportedi .

Note: Extracted from DoD SOOO.lW, (reference (g)), Reference Number

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TABLE 13 - SEX

! F Female

Note: Extracted from DoD 5000.12M, (reference (g)), Reference Number SE-XA.except that lhknm or not reported code 2 is not used.

* * * TABLE 14 - MARITAL STATUS -Code Meaning kf Marfied (Spouse Listed)

S Single (Spouse Not Msted)

z Unknown or Not Reported Note: Extracted f r o m DoD 5000.1W, (reference (g)), Reference Number

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! TABLE 15 - HOKE STATE, TERRITOW OR COUNTRY -Code -State -Code -State

01 Alabama 23 Maine

02 Alaska 24 Maryland

04 M Z O P a 25 Massachusetts

$5 Brkansaa 26 Hchigan

06 CaUfornia 27 Minnesota

08 Color ado 28 Missi s s ipp i

09 Connecticut 29 Kissour i

10 Delaware 30 Mbntana

11 D i s t r i c t of Columbia 31 Nebraska

12 Flor ida 32 Nevada

13 Georgia 33 New Hampshire

u Hawaii 34 New Jersey7

3 . -/-

16 Idaho 35 New Mexico

I l l i n o i s 36 New York

Indiana 37 North Caro lha . . 19 Iowa 38 North Dakota

- 20 Kansas 39 Ohio 21 Kentucky 49 O=a-

22 - Louisiana 41 Oregon . .

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TABLE 15 - HOME STATE, TERRITOKY OR COUNTRY (Cant) -Code State -Code Territory/Country

42 Pennsylvania '(To b e added as required)

44. Rhode Island GQ GUam

45 South C a r o l i n a PQ C a n a l Zone

46 South D a k o t a R9 Puerto Rico

47 Tennessee SQ American Samoa , 48 Texas vQ Virgin Islands

49 Utah xx O t h a 50. Vermont zz Unknawn or N o t Reported 51 V i r g i n i a

53 Washington

54 W e s t Virginia

55 wisconsin

Note: Extracted from DoD 5000.12M8 (reference (g))# Reference Numbers ST-GA and CO-2KV except that Other code X and Unknown or not reported code 22 have been added.

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Table 4a - Commissioned Officers

US Armv, US Air Force, US Marine Corps

Pav Grade

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

Pav Grade

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

Grade or Rank

Second Lieutenant

First Lieutenant

Captain

Major

Lieutenant Colonel

Colonel

Brigadier General

Major General

Lieutenant General

General

US Navv, US Coast Guard

Grade or Rank

Ensign

Lieutenant, Junior Grade

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Commander

Commander

Captain

Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

Vice Admiral

Admiral

Table 4B - Warrant Officers All Services

Pav Grade Grade or Rank

w1 Warrant Officer

w2 Chief Warrant Officer



Abbreviation

2LT

1LT

CPT

MAJ

LTC

COL

BG

MG

LTG

GEN

Abbreviation

ENS

LTJ

LT

LCD

CDR

CPT

RAD

RAD

VAD

ADM

Abbreviation

wo1

w02

W03

W04


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I Table 4C - Enlisted Personnel

Pav Grade

El

E2

E3

E4

E4

E5

E5

E6

E6

E7

E7

E8

E8

E9

E9

E9

Pav Grade

El

E2

E3

E4

E5

E6

E7

E8

E9

Pav Grade

El E2 E3 E4

. E5 E6 E7 E8 E8 E9 E9

U.S. Army

Grade or Rank Abbreviation

Private PV1 Private PV2 Private First Class PFC CorporalSpecialist Fourth Class SergeantSpecialist Fifth Class Staff Sergeant Specialist Sixth Class Platoon Sergeant

CPL SP4 SGT SP5 SSG SP6 PSG

Specialist Seventh Class SP7 First Sergeant 1SG Master Sergeant MSG Sergeant Major SGM Command Sergeant Major CSM Sergeant Major of the Army SMA

U . S . Air Force

Grade or Rank

Airman

Airman First Class

Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Technical Sergeant

Master Sergeant

Senior Master Seargeant

Chief Master Sergeant

U . S . Marine Corm

Grade or Rank

Private

Private First Class

Lance Corporal

Corporal

Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Gunnery Sergeant

First Sergeant

Master Sergeant

Sergeant Major

Master Gunnery Sergeant

Abbreviation

ABM

AMN A1C

SGT SSG TSG

MSG

SMS

CMS

Abbreviation

PVT

PFC

LCP

CPL

SGT

SSG

GSG

1SG

MSG

SGM

MGS


Pay Grade

El

E2

E3

E4

E5

E5

E6

E6

E7

E7

E8

E8

E9

E9

U . S . Navy

Pav Grade Grade or Rank Abbreviation

El Seaman Recruit

E2 Seaman ApprenLce

E3 Seaman

E4 Petty Officer Third Class

E5 Petty Officer Second Class

E6 Petty Officer First Class

E7 Chief Petty Officer

E8 Senior Chief Petty Officer

E9 Master Chief Petty Officer

E9 Chief Petty Officer of the

U . S . N a w and U . S .

1st Col. 2nd Col.

A,C,D,F,H,S or T A,C,D,F,H,S or T A,C,D,F,H,S or T

X

R A N X

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Coast Guard'

3rd Col.

blank

blank

blank

3

X

2

1

X

C

X

S

X

M

X

SR

SA

SN

PO3

PO2

PO1

CPO

SCPO

MCPO

Navy

4th Col.

blank

blank

blank

blank

3

blank

blank

1

blank

C

blank

S

blank

M

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T A B L E 15 - HOME STATE/TERRITORY/COUNTRYk .

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-Code

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

. 08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

I8

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

State

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut *

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan .

Minnesota

M i s s i s s i p p i

Code State

26 Missouri

27 Montana

28 Nebraska

29 Nevada

30 New Hampshire

31 New Jersey

32 New Mexico

33 New York

34 North Carolina

35 North Dakota

36 Ohio

37 Oklahoma

38 Oregon

39 Pennsylvania

40 Rhode Island

41 South Carolina

42 South Dakota

43 Tennessee

44 Texas

45 Utah

46 .- Veymont 47 . Virginia

48 Washington

49 West Virginia

50 Wisconsin

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I ’ -Code Territory/Country PR Puerto Rico

vo V irgin Islands GU Guam

cz Canal Zone

xx Other so Am Samoa

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