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How many casualties did U.S. forces suffer at Utah Beach on D-Day?
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Utah Beach
Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division wade ashore at Victor sector, Utah Beach, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Amphibious tanks are lined up at the water's edge.
At Utah Beach, U.S. forces suffered fewer than 300 casualties during the seaborne landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944.1
It is important to distinguish these seaborne losses from the casualties sustained by the airborne divisions that dropped inland to support the operation. The U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions experienced heavy losses, with each division suffering approximately 1,200 casualties due to drowning and enemy fire while operating in the flooded zones of the Cotentin Peninsula.1