Navy Enlisted Medical Personnel Killed In Action
CIVIL WAR   USS MAINE WORLD WAR I   NICARAGUA  WORLD WAR II
  KOREA     DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   VIETNAM    LEBANON AFGHANISTAN IRAQ

Civil War (1861-1865)
Surgeon’s Steward 4
Nurse 2
Total 6
USS MAINE (1898)
Apothecary 1
Bayman 2
Total 3

WORLD WAR I (1917-1918)
HA-1 5
PhM-3 8
PhM-2 5
Phm-1 2
Total 20
NICARAGUA (1932)

PhM1c

 1
WORLD WAR II (1941-1945)
HA2c 47
HA1c 223
PhM3c 339
PhM2c 296
PhM1c 171
CPhM 94
Total 1,170

KOREA (1950-1954)
HA 2
HN 48
DN 1
HM3 45
HM2 5
HM1 7
Total 108
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1965)

HM3

 1
VIETNAM (1962-1975)
HA 4
HN 267
HM3 278
DT3 2
HM2 70
HM1 11
HMC 6
Total 638
LEBANON     (1983 - BEIRUT)
HN 3
HM3 5
HM2 5
HM1 1
HMC 1
Total 15

AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM (2001-Present)
HN 2
HM3 2
HM2 2
HM1 1
HMC 1
Total 8
IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-Present)
HM1 1
HM2 4
HM3 12
HN 12
Total 29
GRAND TOTAL LOST 1,999
Compiled by HMCS(FMF) Mark T. Hacala, USNR, BUMED (MED-00HC)
Rates: Surgeon’s Steward and Apothecary - Equivalent to modern CPO
Nurse and Bayman  - Equivalent to modern HN/DN

HA-1, HA1c (Hospital Apprentice, 1st Class) - Equivalent to modern HN/DN

HA2c (Hospital Apprentice, 2nd Class) - Equivalent to modern HA/DA

PhM - Pharmacist’s Mate, the rating title for Hospital Corps members from 1916-1948
Sources:  Navy Casualties, Deaths Due to Enemy Action 1776-1937, Casualty Branch, Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1962.
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Department, 1898.
The History of the Navy Medical Department in World War II, Vol. II, Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, 1953.
Korean War Project, internet, www.koreanwar.org.
VietNam Casualty Search Page, internet, www.no-quarter.org.