The Battle for Guadalcanal (1942-1943)
Ground Forces    Approximate Total US Army and Marine Corps Forces Employed: 60,000 Killed    Wounded
1st Marine Division 
 774 
   1962
Americal Division
334
850
2nd Marine Division
268
932
25th Infantry Division
216
439
Totals
1,592
4,283
Approximate Total Japanese Army and Naval Troops Employed: 36,000 (of 43,000 dispatched)
Killed or Missing 14,800
Died of Disease 9,000
Lost at Sea 4,346
POW's 1,000
Evacuated 9,000-11,000
Naval Forces (Ships Sunk and Personnel Lost)* US Pacific Japanese
Carriers (CV) 2 0
Light Carriers (CVL) 0 1
Other Carriers (AV) 0 1
Battleships (BB) 0 2
Heavy Cruisers (CA) 6 3
Light Cruisers (CL) 2 1
Destroyers (DD) 14 11
Submarines (SS) 0 6
* Personnel Losses have never been tabulated for either Navy.  American naval casualties exceeded the losses of the American ground forces.   Japanese naval casualties were probably equal to those of the American Navy but less that those of the Japanese Army.