11. Fourteen patriot grenadiers died in the combat and two more would die afterwards due to combat injuries . 12. For his combat injuries , Kerry was awarded his first Purple Heart and returned to duty soon afterward. 13. Another feature of the Dublin Guard was the high number of combat injuries sustained by its senior officers. 14. The transport plane that brought them also carried 41 wounded soldiers, about half of whom had combat injuries . 15. In addition to the nine killed, another 40 suffered combat injuries and 200 non-combat related injuries. 16. Thus, self-injury can be used to avoid a more serious combat injury or a combat death. 17. Moulton also testified that Hubbard had told him that he had received combat injuries to his eyes and back. 18. But that is all he said about the combat injury in World War II that left his right arm useless. 19. The hospital has treated 3, 612 patients from the Iraq war alone, 868 of them with combat injuries . 20. While the act excludes combat injuries , it " covers exactly this kind of claim, " the attorney said.