Chapter XVIII.
CASUALTIES.
During the period of the World War the Marine Corps personnel suffered casualties in actual battle in France with the American Expeditionary Forces (Second Division and Aviation); in Aviation while operating as part of the naval service in France; and in the West Indies in operations against the bandits of Santo Domingo.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
Marine Corps deaths in the American Expeditionary Forces, as obtained from Marine Corps records on January 14, 1920, are divided as follows:
| Character. | Officers. | Enlisted men. | Total. |
| Killed in action | 45 | 1,420 | 1,465 |
| Died of wounds received in action | 30 | 961 | 991 |
| Died of accident | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| Died of disease | 14 | 255 | 269 |
| Other causes | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Total | 93 | 2,671 | 2,764 |
The following is a summary of the casualties sustained by the Fourth Brigade of Marines from March 15 to November 11, 1918, as published in General Orders, No. 66, Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, dated July 2, 1919:
Fourth Brigade casualties.
(Part 1 of 2) Off. = Officers.