| 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
| January | - | 651 | 1,682 | 4,656 | 16,631 |
| February | - | 1,023 | 1,942 | 5,733 | 16,467 |
| March | - | 1,868 | 1,514 | 4,173 | 20,325 |
| April | - | 3,038 | 1,558 | 4,673 | 18,751 |
| May | - | 14,268 | 1,747 | 6,452 | 8,945 |
| June | - | 639 | 1,040 | 17,784 | 3,565 |
| July | - | 258 | 4,233 | 19,711 | 1,992 |
| August | - | 2,021 | 2,603 | 13,091 | 626 |
| September | - | 793 | 2,498 | 14,197 | 29 |
| October | - | 1,107 | 2,707 | 14,539 | 11 |
| November | - | 3,249 | 6,428 | 16,876 | 15 |
| December | 2,534 | 1,337 | 3,204 | 19,548 | 19 |
| Total | 2,534 | 30,252 | 31,156 | 141,433 | 87,376 |
| TOTAL | 292,751 |
Notes:
(1) Battle deaths in all theaters of war: U.S. Army, Army Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps.
(2) Figures for May 1942 include all deaths among prisoners of war of the Japanese during the remaining of the war.
(3) Deaths after August 1945 from wounds received during wartime period.
Source: Richard B. Frank, Downfall.