644th TANK DESTROYER BATTALION BATTLE CASUALTIES
(13) NORMANDY JULY 11 - AUGUST 4, 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Sgt Sienkiewicz WIA	T/4 Hanley WIA	Sgt Brady WIA	PFC Cockrell WIA	None
Pvt Summers KIA	Cpl Croshaw WIA	Cpl Opalinski WIA	Pvt Holt KIA
Pvt Staszewski WIA	-	T/4 Gage WIA	-
		Pfc Daniels WIA
		Sgt Gherke WIA
		Pfc Cotter WIA
(8) DINARD-ST MALO AUGUST 4 - AUGUST 15, 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
None	None	Sgt Mach WIA	None	None
		Sgt Burghdorf KIA
		Cpl Skinner KIA
		PFC Durkin KIA
		T/5 Stepanik WIA
		Pfc Evernden WIA
		Pfc Rodriguez WIA
		Pvt Notter WIA
(22) BREST - CROZON AUGUST 15 - SEPTEMBER 15, 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
S/Sgt Coyne KIA	Sgt Wolf KIA	Pvt McNeill WIA	None	Cpl Garibaldi WIA
Cpl Page WIA	Cpl Lazroe WIA	S/Sgt Adamo WIA		(Medical Det.)
Sgt Putrino WIA	Sgt Makowsky WIA	Pvt View WIA		-
Pvt Lefferts WIA	Pvt Sweeney WIA	-
Cpl Jakubik WIA	T/5 Tulli WIA
Cpl Campbell WIA	Pvt D'Amico WIA
T/5 Nurigat WIA	Pvt Espinoza WIA
Pvt Lovrenic WIA	Cpl Ducharme WIA
(9) LUXEMBOURG OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 13, 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Pvt Rondeau KIA	Sgt Fronczkowski WIA	None	Cpl Farr WIA	None
-	Pvt Corni KIA		Pfc Pattison WIA
	T/5 Evanina WIA		Pfc Beeler WIA
	Pfc Gimenez WIA		Pvt Wolf WIA
(32) HURTGEN NOVEMBER 13 - DECEMBER 10 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Capt Garton WIA	Sgt Ricciardo WIA	Lt Davis KIA	T/5 Tomaselloi WIA	T/4 Mraz WIA
T/5 Moore WIA	Capt Wiggenhorn WIA	Sgt Godwin WIA	-	T/5 Furmanj WIA
Cpt Bye WIA	Pvt Leonard KIA	Cpl Weaver WIA		Lt Blustein WIA
Sgt Putrino WIA	-	Pfc R. Mills WIA		-
Sgt Singer WIA		Pfc E. Mills WIA
Cpl Jacubowski WIA		Pvt Creighton WIA
T/5 Harrington WIA		Pvt Wilt WIA
Pvt Bruner KIA		Sgt Yolton KIA
Pvt Nearney WIA		T/5 Block WIA
Pvt Costello WIA		Pfc Berka KIA
-		Lt Stevenson WIA
		Pfc Brannan WIA
		Pvt Zaorski WIA
		Pfc Giezentaner WIA
		Pvt Walters WIA

(46) ARDENNES DECEMBER 11 - 31, 1944
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Capt Williams WIA	Cpl Walker Jr WIA	Sgt Ellis WIA	Lt Patterson MIA	Lt Owen WIA
Sgt Hughes KIA	-	Sgt Meyers WIA	Sgt Smith MIA	-
Sgt. DiStefano KIA	-	Sgt Olivetti WIA	T/5 Kaesyk MIA	Pvt Greenberg
Cpl Karpiak WIA		Pfc Evernden WIA	Pfc Waldron WIA	(MIA Medic)
Cpl Nolan WIA		Pvt Capito WIA	Pfc Drummond WIA	S/Sgt DiStasi WIA
T/5 Lee		T/5 Hooper WIA	Pfc Jones MIA	Pfc Meltz WIA
Pvt Bieniek KIA		Pfc Giezentaner WIA	Pfc Colley WIA	(Both medics)
Pvt Witt WIA		Pvt Walters WIA	Pfc Catalano WIA	Medic
Pvt Garpetti WIA		Lt McDermott WIA	Pvt Garofalo MIA	Cpt. Driskell
Cpl Campbell WIA		Sgt Chester WIA	Pvt Brown MIA	T/4 Frank WIA
Pvt. Cassidy WIA		Pfc Frye WIA	Pvt Duffus MIA	-
Pvt Horting WIA		Cpl Watson WIA	Pvt Lucero WIA
Cpl Cruz WIA		T/5 Mason WIA	Pvt Kosiw WIA
T/4 Howard WIA		-	Lt Parker WIA
(61) THE RHINELAND FEBRUARY 2 - MARCH 20, 1945
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Pfc Feil WIA	T/4 Esper WIA	Sgt Hartzog WA	Pfc Cockrell WIA	T/4 Paner WIA
Sgt Dougan WIA	Lt Joyce WIA	Pfc Daley WIA	Pvt Addison KIA	(Medic)
Pfc Horting WIA	Cpl Wojcik WIA	Pvt Delladonna WIA	Sgt Di Giacamo KIA	Cpl Selby WIA
Cpl McCord KIA	Pvt Miller WIA	Lt Coats WIA	T/5 Duval KIA	(Medic)
Pfc Mehan WIA	T/5 Sagel WIA	T/5 Lopez WIA	Pvt Cline WIA
Sgt Pisane WIA	T/4 Myers WIA	Lt NcDermott WIA	Pvt DiSantis WIA
Cpl Campbell WIA	Sgt Allender WIA	T/4 Tomash WIA	Pv t Giel WIA
Pvt Hart KIA	T/4 DiCesare WIA	S/Sgt Bonacci WIA	Pvt Arlet WIA
Pvt Gibson WIA	Pfc Crumlic WIA	Sgt Hooper WIA	Pvt Robillard WIA
T/5 Lake WIA	Lt Herrman WIA	Sgt Visnich WIA	T/5 Tomaselli WIA
Pvt Gallagher WIA	Sgt Crivello WIA	Pfc Giezentaner WIA	Lt Messer KIA
Pvt Neil WIA	Sgt Evans WIA	Cpl Hohensee WIA	-
Pvt Guy WIA	Cpl Sweeney WIA	Pvt King WIA
Pvt Kirker WIA	-	Cpl Painter WIA
Pvt Mink WIA		Pvt Callanan WIA
Pvt White WIA		Sgt Palumbo WIA
Sgt Cierzo WIA		Sgt Conrad KIA
Pfc Pfeiffer WIA		-
Cpl Cassidy WIA
(23) REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD MARCH 20 - APRIL 2, 1945
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
None	None	Pfc Frothingham WIA	None	None
-	-	Pfc Glick WIA	-	-
		T/5 Daniels WIA
		S/Sgt Grant WIA
		T/4 Wells WIA
		Pvt R Mills WIA
		Lt Mulholland KIA
		Lt Coats WIA
		T/Sgt Giust WIA
		Sgt Chester WIA
		Sgt Hayhurst WIA
		Sgt Chicano WIA
		Lt Patton WIA
		Pfc Walters WIA
		Pfc Capito WIA
		T/5 Arndt WIA
		Lt Moore KIA
		Sgt Todd KIA
		T/5 Walker KIA
		Pfc Cimino KIA
		Pfc Clifton KIA
		Pfc Hunt WIA

(52) RUHR VALLEY-ELBE RIVER MARCH 30 - MAY 2, 1945
"A" Company	"B" Company	"C" Company	Recon Company	Hq Company
Sgt Moskal WIA	Cpl Sweeney WIA	Pfc Bandelin WIA	T/5 Oppel WIA	None
T/4 Galley WIA	Sgt DiCesare KIA	Sgt Hipp WIA	Pfc Coty WIA	-
Pfc Spencer WIA	Pfc Rhodeside WIA	Lt Parker WIA	T/5 Taylor WIA
Cpl Nerney WIA	Pfc O'Connor WIA	Cpl McNeill KIA	Pfc Husak WIA
Lt Soloman WIA	T/5 Matney WIA	Cpl Vallee WIA	T/5 Heisman KIA
Lt Keesling KIA	Pfc Henry WIA	Sgt Durham WIA	Pvt Schaffer KIA
Sgt Doctors KIA	T/5 Jett WIA	Capt McDougal WIA	Pvt Long WIA
Cpl Osko KIA	Sgt Shimek KIA	-	Pfc Lesner
Pvt Sloan KIA	Cpl Udiljak WIA		T/5 Lee
-	Pfc DelCastello WIA		Pfc Green WIA
	S/Sgt Lioi WIA		Lt Kelleher WIA
	Sgt Allender WIA		Pvt Haynes WIA
	Sgt Macagliotta WIA		Pfc Green WIA
	Cpl De Rosa		-
	Pfc O'Connor
	Pvt Stafford WIA
	T/4 Tinsley WIA
	Sgt Lazroe KIA
	T/5 Tobin WIA
	Pfc Cota WIA
	Cpl Izes WIA
	Pvt Mitch WIA
	Lt Kelly WIA
These 264 Battle Casualities include the 7 Recon guys at Bullingen. This makes a total of 257 Purple Hearts awarded to 42 Killed in Action and 215 Wounded in Action. A few guys were wounded three times and more were wounded twice. Their names are listed and counted for each incident. The battle casuality rate for the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion was 39 percent of the battallion's T/O strength. This compares with a 50 percent average rate for all armored units in the European Theater of Operations.
The 644th's five companies had widely varying casualty rates as follows:
"A" Company:	65 including 14 KIA and 51 WIA, or a rate of 51 percent.
"B" Company:	55 including 6 KIA and 49 WIA, or a rate of 43 percent.
"C" Company:	90 including 14 KIA and 76 WIA, or a rate of 71 percent.
Recon Co:	43 including 8 KIA and 28 WIA, or a rate of 34 percent.
Hdqtrs Co:	5 all wounded, none killed or a rate of 3 percent.
Med. Detachment	6 all wounded, none killed or a rate of 31.
Totals	264 including 42 Killed, 215 Wounded and 7 Missing
Battle Casualities in each major campaign compare as follows:
Normandy....13	Dinard-St Malo 8	Brest............22	Luxembourg.....9	Hurtgen.......32
Ardennes......46	Rhineland........61	Remagen......23	Ruhr-Elbe......52
Sources:
1. Official Monthly Casualty Summaaries prepared by Capt Nathaniel Berg, Bn Medical Officer. NOTE: The many hospitalized for non-battle injuries and illnesses have been excluded from these Battle Casuality figures.
2. Average casualty rate (50%) is found in Dep't of the Army, "US Army in World War II. European Theater of Operations, Volume "The Last Offensive", written by Charles B. McDonald, Office of the Chief of Military History, US Army. This 50% rate is much lower than Infantry units, equal to Army Air Corps units, and higher than Artillery units, and all other branches and arms.