Many do. But, in military purposes, it is not really relevant whether your army loses a soldier through death or through a severe permanent wound. He is still a soldier that you cannot use at the front.
It’s a standard practice to count the dead and permanently wounded in the same number, because that’s what is militarily relevant.
As always that this topic gets discussed: dead and wounded
Title says “lost”. I took that to mean killed.
Many do. But, in military purposes, it is not really relevant whether your army loses a soldier through death or through a severe permanent wound. He is still a soldier that you cannot use at the front.
It’s a standard practice to count the dead and permanently wounded in the same number, because that’s what is militarily relevant.