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Appendix C: Chemical Warfare Service Negro Personnel Strength, Worldwide:* 30 April 1942 to 31 December 1945

End of month	Continental United States		Overseas
	Officer	Enlisted	Officer	Enlisted
1942
April	†	1,064	†	296
May	†	1,527	†	215
June	†	2,081	†	414
July	†	2,654	†	432
August	†	3,066	†	412
September	8	3,099	†	419
October	4	4,450	†	407
November	2	5,608	†	391
December	7	6,134	†	389
1943
January	12	7,156	†	381
February	13	7,964	†	379
March	18	8,257	†	381
April	41	9,051	†	384
May	51	8,315	†	1,468
June	52	8,744	†	1,194
July	116	8,402	†	1,261
August	77	7,984	†	1,660
September	†	†	†	1,836
October	107	8,514	5	1,943
November	107	7,707	5	2,122
December	108	8,148	7	2,369
1944
January	101	7,412	16	2,879
February	91	6,167	24	3,418
March	50	5,304	39	3,388
April	55	5,429	40	4,053
May	45	3,244	32	4,339
June	42	2,629	38	3,857
July	40	1,978	39	3,699
August	39	1,784	42	3,637
September	23	957	54	4,222
October	25	790	56	4,594
November	27	697	56	4,499
December	31	625	47	4,389

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End of month	Continental United States		Overseas
	Officer	Enlisted	Officer	Enlisted
1945
January	34	608	49	3,910
February	30	568	60	4,304
March	25	544	60	4,204
April	15	322	59	4,179
May	17	541	55	3,717
June	16	514	65	4,145
July	20	603	54	4,014
August	10	876	61	3,606
September	13	986	48	3,506
October	13	516	35	2,252
November	9	496	27	1,519
December	11	379	20	617

* Army reports of branch strength were compiled on the basis of branch designation of personnel with each command, and not on the basis of duty assignment. Some of the listed personnel may not, therefore, have been on chemical duty and personnel of other branches or personnel without branch designation may have been assigned chemical duty. This personnel is included in strengths as shown in Appendixes A and B.

† Not reported.

Source: Extracts from STM-30, Strength of the Army Report, prepared by Machine Records Branch, TAG, Monthly.