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How many U.S. casualties occurred at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944?
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Omaha Beach
U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
During the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944, U.S. forces faced the most intense fighting of the day at Omaha Beach. By the end of the day, American troops suffered approximately 2,400 casualties, a figure that includes those killed, wounded, and missing.1