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Subject = CHRONOLOGY 91                                                   

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SUBORDINATE COMMAND HISTORICAL REPORTS-2D COSCOM-332D MED-127TH MED-128TH MED  1                

Document Number =          3

Box ID = BX000308





                          5 USC 552 (b)(6)


        Page 10 128 CSH (Iraqi EPW,G continued)

          DATE         NAME             TYPE OF INJURY              EVACUATED TO

        28 Feb                      Fragments to R thigh and buttocks. 410th       Evae
                                    Debridement in operating room.

        28 Feb                      GSW R/L calf and both feet, L open 312th       Evac
                                    ankle fx. Treated surgically in operating      room.

        28 Feb                      R eye globe injury                       410th Evac

        I Mar                       Open L femur fx, R clavicle fx.          410th Evac
                                    Treated surgically   in operating   room.

        I Mar                       Hit by mizsle from    aircraft.          410th Evac
                                    L Bth digit fx, R femur fx.
                                    Fragments to legs/ thighs. Debrided      in OR.
        I Mar                       Fragments to back and buttocks,          410th Evac
                                    2nd degree burns face and body.

        i Mar                       In tank, fx R ankle. Treated             410th Evac
                                    surgically in operating room.

        I Mar                       Helicopter fire, OSW L leg,              410th Evac
                                   .R foot, debrided in operating room.

        2 Mar                       Helicopter fire, fragments to            410th Evac
                                    face, otitis media, treated at MASH.

        2 Mar                       Bilateral fragments to legs.             312th EVac
                                    2nd degree burns to hands and face. Wounds
                                    debrided in operating room.

             The 128th CSH discontinued casualty care at 1800 on 3 March. The last
        of the patients were evacuated on the morning of 4 March. On         5 March the
        hospital guztained considerable wind and water damage from a         thunderstorm
        but most of the equipment and    9           ad been packed in the   MILVANS. One
        additional US female patient    ,            , wag received that     day from the
        142nd Clearing Company, co-located at MEDCEN WEST.               The patient had
        sustained multiple fragment wounds from the detonation of a          cluster bomb
        brought back to the company from Iraq.            Although the 128th CSH wag
        officially closed and the hospital had about an inch of water on the
        flooring, the patient's fragment wounds to the face, L breagt and R thigh
        were debrided in EMT. Then she wag evacuated to the 403rd CSH. This brought
        the number of admissions to 111.
             In summary, the 128th CSH saw 86 admissions between 0300 24 Feb 91 and
        1800, 3 March 91. There was a total of 80 WIA. This number wag broken down
        into 52 United States, 2 United Kingdom, and 26 prigionerg of war.



                               5 USC 552 (b)(6)

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