APPENDIX -- A

PERSONNEL STATISTICS

TABLE 1 - STRENGTH OF THE WAC, 1942-1978, AND WOMEN IN THE ARMY, 1979-1984

End of Month Officers
Total Commissioned Warrant Enlisted
Dec 42 . 12,767 1,545 0 11,222
Jun 43 . 60,243 4,917 0 55,326
Jun 44 . 77,152 5,855 10 71,287
Jun 45 . 95,957 5,733 44 90,180
Jun 46 . 17,896 1,793 18 16,699
Jun 47 . 8,134 1,035 5 7,094
Jun 48 . 5,352 611 42 4,699
Jun 49 . 4,909 626 23 4,260
Jun 50 . 7,259 686 22 6,551
Jun 51 . 11,932 1,010 39 10,883
Jun 52 . 11,456 1,171 57 10,228
Jun 53 . 9,924 1,109 55 8,760
Jun 54 . 7,803 964 52 6,787
Jun 55 . 8,640 876 48 7,716
Jun 56 . 8,661 847 44 7,770
Jun 57 . 8,007 808 43 7,156
Jun 58 . 7,853 740 39 7,074
Jun 59 . 8,608 732 39 7,837
Jun 60 . 9,053 735 39 8,279
Jun 61 . 9,369 771 38 8,560
Jun 62 . 9,549 780 48 8,721
Jun 63 . 9,056 724 40 8,292
Jun 64 . 8,734 739 37 7,958
Jun 65 . 9,285 742 23 8,520
Jun 66 . 9,958 757 22 9,179
Jun 67 . 10,592 817 34 9,741
Jun 68 . 11,604 866 27 10,711
Jun 69 . 11,675 934 20 10,721
Jun 70 . 12,518 1,029 13 11,476
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TABLE 1 - STRENGTH OF THE WAC, 1942-1978, AND WOMEN IN THE ARMY, 1979-1984 - CONTINUED

End of Month Officers
Total Commissioned Warrant Enlisted
Jun-71 12,781 937 19 11,825
Jun-72 13,269 901 19 12,349
Jun-73 17,551 1,073 21 16,457
Jun-74 27,596 1,249 19 26,328
Jun-75 39,171 1,446 22 37,703
Sep-76 46,413 1,921 31 44,461
Sep 77* 48,548 2,409 45 46,094
Sep-78 52,996 2,636 68 50,292
Sep-79 57,919 3,010 91 54,818
Sep-80 64,916 3,454 11 61,351
Sep-81 69,011 4,009 18 64,884
Sep-82 67,480 3,703 45 63,632
Sep-83 71,154 5,050 63 65,941
Sep-84 72,250 5,408 15 66,627
* End of fiscal year changed from 30 June to 30 September in 1977. Source: Strength of the Army Reports (STM-30) June 1942-1959 & (DCSPER 46) June 1960-1984

TABLE 2 - ACCESSIONS OF WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS PERSONNEL 1942-1978

End of Month Officers
Total Commissioned Warrant Enlisted
Jul 42-Jun  145,642 6,751 138,854 37
FY 1946 *2,854 272 2,575 0
FY 1947 *2,635 58 1,416 0
FY 1948 *609 29 539 41
FY 1949 4,762 401 4,357 4
FY 1950 3,820 159 3,657 4
FY 1951 7,456 392 7,046 18
FY 1952 4,262 315 3,921 26
FY 1953 3,476 151 3,325 0
FY 1954 3,050 99 2,950 1
FY 1955 4,575 53 4,522 0
FY 1956 3,406 116 3,290 0
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TABLE 2 - ACCESSIONS OF WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS PERSONNEL 1942-1978 - CONTINUED

End of Month Officers
Total Commissioned Warrant Enlisted
FY 1957 3,184 87 0 3,097
FY 1958 3,494 96 0 3,398
FY 1959 4,205 80 0 4,125
FY 1960 4,151 83 0 4,068
FY 1961 4,176 102 0 4,074
FY 1962 4,635 95 12 4,528
FY 1963 3,945 94 1 3,850
FY 1964 4,354 114 4 4,236
FY 1965 5,199 118 0 5,081
FY 1966 4,960 125 5 4,830
FY 1967 5,531 179 13 5,339
FY 1968 6,018 194 6 5,818
FY 1969 6,267 190 1 6,076
FY 1970 7,393 358 0 7,035
FY 1971 7,693 178 0 7,515
FY 1972 7,756 287 2 7,467
FY 1973 10,745 359 0 10,386
FY 1975 18,375 **403 2 17,970
FY 1975 22,932 434 2 22,496
FY 1976 19,826 566 2 19,258
FY 7T*** . 4,630 264 4 4,362
FY 1977 15,969 752 12 15,205
FY 1978 24,145 706 17 23,422
TOTAL 380,032 14,301 173 365,558
*Does not include reenlistees or recalls. ** After 1 July 1974 WAC Branch strength figures were deleted from most ODCSPER strength tables. Officer strength figures here include only those formerly identified as WAC officers. ***Congress changed the end of the federal fiscal year from 30 June to 30 September in 1977; the transition months (July, August, and September1976) are designated FY 7T. Source: Strength of the Army Reports (STM-30) Jun 42-Jun 59 and (DCSPER 46) Jul 60-Sep 78.
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TABLE 3 - ENLISTED WOMEN SEPARATED FROM THE ARMY BY CAUSE (FY 1946 THROUGH FY 1980) 
Fiscal Year Total Non-Battle Deaths To Accept Commission or Warrant Retired Physically Disqualified Family Considerations
Physical Disability Non- Disability Pregnancy Marriage Parenthood
1946 78,403 33 395 0 0 2,553

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1947 12,367 10 43 0 0 67 535

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1948 2,798 4 38 0 0 38 305

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1949 4,232 7 37 0 0 18 147 49 ...............
1950 1,365 2 96 10 0 33 278 368 ...............
1951 2,121 9 66 22 0 108 840 199 ...............
1952 4,673 15 120 23 0 127 1,096 1,635 ...............
1953 4,820 7 34 34 0 103 919 1,331 ...............
1954 4,874 3 29 36 0 56 741 813 ...............
1955 3,581 4 18 23 0 60 ............. (b)1,021 ...............
1956 3,670 7 32 23 0 78 ........... 1,537 ...............
1957 3,751 3 23 17 0 41 ........... 1,601 ...............
1958 3,417 11 112 16 0 36 ........... 1,275 ...............
1959 3,359 6 160 25 0 46 ........... 1,294 ...............
1960 3,691 9 180 19 0 40 ........... 1,482 ...............
1961 4,060 5 306 22 0 42 ........... 1,571 ...............
1962 4,288 11 215 11 0 38 ........... 1,775 ...............
1963 4,332 5 238 28 92 40 ........... 1,749 ...............
1964 4,559 9 249 31 230 37 ........... 1,670 ...............
1965 4,430 4 449 42 247 40 ............ 1,630 ...............
1966 4,605 1 460 20 94 55 1,063 608 9
1967 4,374 1 448 21 59 37 1,010 512 22
1968 4,825 1 634 28 62 46 1,210 254 18
1969 5,860 0 847 35 73 67 1,444 443 24
1970 6,590 11 454 38 77 85 1,446 884 20
1971 7,321 11 585 31 97 92 1,412 883 11
1972 6,860 14 546 51 103 146 1,166 669 12
1973 6,197 12 715 51 60 78 1,034 645 22
1974 7,551 14 545 33 70 153 1,129 828 25
1975 10,849 26 488 67 78 300 1,598 865 113
1976 13,626 38 407 98 68 389 1,551 397 133
197T(c) 4,903 6 142 34 17 142 412 86 80
1977 19,156 25 236 124 53 519 1,720 283 397
1978 19,127 48 174 123 44 417 2,046 78 460
1979 18,867 34 128 136 66 492 2,791 10 564
1980 23,367 42 153 171 49 793 1,279 3 319
a. Included under "Other Causes" (see STM-30, Strength of the Army Report, Losses of Enlisted Women by Cause, 31 December 1955). b. From December 1955 to July 1966, losses for marriage, pregnancy, and parenthood were consolidated under "Family Considerations" (see STM-30, Losses of Enlisted Women by Cause, 31 December 1955).
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TABLE 3 - ENLISTED WOMEN SEPARATED FROM THE ARMY BY CAUSE (FY 1946 THROUGH FY 1980) - CONTINUED

Dependency or Hardship Inapt or Unsuitble Expediious or Trainee Discharge Programs  Homo- sexual Disharge to Enlist or Reenist  Demobiliza- tion or ETS Other Causes Undeter- mined Dropped from the Rolls Bad Conduct and Dishonrable Discharge Fiscal Year
(a) 551   (a) 0 33,549 37,667 0 0 254 1946
(a) 82   (a) 0 10,435 1,159 0 0 36 1947
(a) 38   (a) 0 1,548 798 0 0 29 1948
(a) 26   (a) 5 1,499 2,413 0 1 30 1949
20 122   (a) 282 48 57 0 0 49 1950
84 219   (a) 188 145 137 0 4 100 1951
99 187   (a) 177 973 28 0 38 155 1952
50 150   (a) 150 1,848 50 3 31 110 1953
22 120   (a) 210 2,661 48 19 18 98 1954
25 143   (a) 757 1,367 34 17 21 91 1955
26 209   (a) 550 973 46 13 29 147 1956
30 230   (a) 444 1,130 59 20 20 133 1957
25 204   (a) 492 1,007 52 6 30 151 1958
19 320   (a) 134 1,119 52 56 34 147 1959
29 554   (a) 152 1,057 33 16 36 84 1960
36 487   69 145 1,255 54 14 26 28 1961
17 545   67 183 1,251 41 63 52 19 1962
29 454   74 127 1,285 71 46 61 33 1963
31 536   94 156 1,335 46 31 78 26 1964
23 472   48 263 1,006 28 44 77 57 1965
33 569   68 347 720 245 183 74 56 1966
26 516   41 215 844 222 207 114 79 1967
30 609   27 246 1,134 174 115 150 87 1968
38 535   24 268 1,318 264 33 342 105 1969
37 668   38 598 1,620 115 12 345 142 1970
44 1,248   32 687 827 292 531 376 162 1971
47 1,039   42 619 634 697 681 272 122 1972
28 879   27 974 591 146 538 274 123 1973
41 514   19 1,309 817 1,190 418 285 161 1974
91 918   38 1,764 1,081 2,447 397 337 241 1975
416 225 (d)3,541 61 1,964 2,891 40 929 231 247 1976
143 57 878 22 797 1,757 19 142 101 68 197T
488 264 2,601 78 4,372 6,345 141 940 403 167 1977
448 333 2,638 104 4,519 6,335 91 619 409 241 1978
451 417 2,691 104 4,269 5,299 225 519 440 231 1979
262 469 3,564 139 5,404 5,973 2,585 1,052 720 390 1980
 c. New Federal fiscal year begins-1 October through 30 September; 7T designated for the changover months (July, August, September 1976). d. Trainee Discharge Program (para 5-39, AR 635-200) and Expeditious discharge Program (para 5-37, AR 635-200) initiated in FY 1976; losses for these programs during FY 1974 and 1975 are shown under "Other Causes."
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TABLE 4 - WAC 1 REENLISTMENT RATES, 1949-1984 [In Percentages]
Fiscal Year Overall WAC WAC First- Termers WAC Careerist
1949 65.2 (2) (2)
1950 84.3 - -
1951 94.1 - -
1952 59.1 - -
1953 27.5 - -
1954 18.7 - -
1955 35.6 - -
1956 36.1 - -
1957 28.2 - -
1958 37.9 - -
1959 45.1 - -
1960 41.2 27.3 69.5
1961 48.9 27.6 80.3
1962 53.2 37.5 85.3
1963 48.0 33.8 82.5
1964 50.0 34.8 79.0
1965 54.6 45.6 76.2
1966 55.9 49.9 75.4
1967 50.6 41.9 72.6
1968 47.5 39.4 71.7
1969 34.8 27.7 62.3
1970 27.3 24.5 60.3
1971 35.1 33.9 60.0
1972 30.6 28.2 56.6
1973 53.0 54.1 67.0
1974 61.6 59.8 66.4
1975 63.3 64.1 61.3
1976 45.9 41.9 57.1
1977 44.5 40.4 56.0
1978 45.2 42.5 49.8
1979 50.8 45.5 55.6
1980 58.1 56.2 56.7
1981 61.8 55.4 60.6
1982 66.8 63.2 67.8
1983 58.8 47.6 64.2
1 WACs were called Women in the Army after 1978. 2 Statistics in these categories not available until 1960. Source: Strength of the Army Reports (STM-30) 1949-1960, Losses; Strength of the Army Reports (DCSPER 46) 1960-1965, Losses; and Strength of the Army Reports (DCSPER 46) 1965-1983, Part II, Gains and Losses.
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TABLE 5 - STRENGTH OF BLACK MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS, 1945-1978 1
End of Fiscal Year Total Officers Warrant Officers  Enlisted
1945 3,849 117 0 3,732
1946 673 15 0 658
1947 319 9 0 310
1948 125 4 0 121
1949 352 12 0 340
1950 648 18 1 629
1951 1,046 30 1 1,015
1952 1,332 40 1 1,291
1953 1,169 38 0 1,131
1954 869 31 0 838
1955 983 29 0 954
1956 1,061 32 0 1,029
1957 965 28 0 937
1958 933 24 0 909
1959 1,042 27 0 1,015
1960 1,183 28 0 1,155
1972 2,453 52 5 2,396
1973 3,188 56 4 3,184
1974 5,519 63 6 5,450
1975 8,122 85 6 8,031
1976 9,785 98 6 9,681
1977 11,537 236 8 11,293
1978 14,688 264 12 14,412
No statistics maintained on black Army personnel from 1961-1971.  Source: Strength of the Army Reports (STM-30), 1945-1959 and  (DCSPER 46), 1960-1978; Rpt, ODCSPER, Ten Year Review of Equal Opportunity in the Army, 10 Dec 74, Tables 9, 17; Third Annual Assessment of Army Equal Opportunity Programs, Mar 79.
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