emWWII Casualties from Archuleta County, CO
Year Book of the State of Colorado
1945-1947

http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/archuleta/military/wwii/casualties1946.txt


Transcribed and submitted by Marta Norton August 2004

2 TABLES ARE LISTED BELOW --

1. All Branches of the Army
2. U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard

Please search each list.

Enlistments and Inductions

"A total of 138,089 Coloradans enlisted or were inducted into the Armed Forces 
during the period 1940- to September 1946, according to the Selective Service 
System which was in charge of inductions throughout World War II.  Inductions 
were terminated in October 1946, and the volunteer draft boards which had served 
in every county during the War were relieved from duty."

Casualties

"According to records compiled by the War and Navy Departments in 1946, a total 
of 3,469 Colorado men were casualties in World War II.  Of the total, 2,441 are 
listed as having been killed in action or as casualties from battle wounds.  
Another 803 men are recorded as having died in prison camps or from non-battle 
causes.  Finally, 225 men are missing and are presumed to have lost their lives.

On the following list is published a table of Colorado's casualties by counties.  
Lists of the casualties have been published in separate reports by the War and 
Navy Departments.  It is from these records that the names of the casualties 
which are published in the succeeding section were secured."

World War II: Total inductions and enlistments in Colorado, 1940-1946, and total 
Army and Navy Casualties, by County.
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Archuleta County

Total Inductions and Enlistments: 343
Total Casualties: 17
Killed in Action or Died of Wounds: 10
Died in Prison Camp or Died in Non-battle: 5

Missing: 2

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ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMY:

Bartlett, Albert E.
Curs, Merle W.
Freeman, Charles E.
Gallegos, Frank
Gorton, James A.
Harris, James
Lambert, Arthur F.
Maloy, James C.
Melrose, Hugh H.
Montoya, Alex
Newbold, Thomas B.
Nickerson, Ross H.
Ocana Joe E.
Perkins, James S.
Quintana, Fred A.
Quintana, Joe N.
Valdez, Edward J.
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U.S. NAVY, MARINES AND COAST GUARD:

None Listed

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