U.S. Lost 49,498 Soldiers in Battle Overseas, Says Aug. 13, 1919 Report

From The Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1919

49,498 Battle Deaths in U.S. Overseas Army

Washington, Aug. 13—Final casualty reports from the central records office of the A.E.F. in France, made public by the war department gave the total battle deaths as 49,498, total wounded 205,690, and prisoners, 4,480. “Only slight revisions” will be made in this report, it was announced.

Recent corrections in the list of missing have reduced the number to only 127 names, as compared with 264,000 for France and 121,000 for England. To July 1, the army had reported 149,433 cases of disabled soldiers to the war risk insurance bureau. It was estimated that the final total would be close to $200,000.