(DoD) A term used to identify a casualty for reporting purposes as either a hostile casualty or a nonhostile casualty. See also casualty; casualty category; casualty status; hostile casualty; nonhostile casualty.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). casualty type. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/casualty_type/definitions/1960701 |
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