The following is a chronological listing of the casualties suffered by the Fifth Iowa throughout the war. In each engagement, there was an opportunity for the regiment to experience several different forms of personnel loss. Men could be killed outright (KIA), wounded (WIA - sometimes "mortally wounded"), they could be listed as missing if their fate was undetermined, or they could be captured by the enemy (POW). The table below lists the numbers of troops killed, wounded and captured during the course of the regiment's four years of combat service.

Date	Location	KIA	WIA	POW
1862
10 Feb	Fort Heiman, KY			1
11 Mar	Paris, TN	4
8 Apr	Paris, TN	1
5 May	Lockridge's Mill, TN	3	7	64
26 Aug	Cumberland Iron Works, TN	3	5	12
2 Oct	Lafayette, TN	2
28 Oct	Canton, KY			1
6 Nov	Garrettsburg, KY	2		2
1863
3 Feb	Fort Donelson, TN			1
10 Feb	Fort Heiman, KY			1
23 May	Fort Donelson, TN			1
24 Sep	McMinnville, TN	1
25 Sep	McMinnville, TN		1
6 Oct	Wartrace, TN		1
10 Oct	Sugar Creek, TN			4
18 Nov	Maysville, AL			1
25 Sep	McMinnville, TN		1
10 Dec	Dodsville, TN	1
11 Dec	Dodgeville, AL			1
1864
2 Feb	Henry County, MO	1
13 Jul	Coosa River, AL		1
13 Jul	Greenport, AL	1
15 Jul	Talladega, AL			1
17 Jul	Chehaw, AL		4	4
18 Jul	Chehaw, AL	2
18 Jul	Notasulga, AL	1	1	1
20 Jul	Chehaw, AL		1	1
30 Jul	Chattahoochee River, GA			7
30 Jul	Chehaw, AL			10
30 Jul	Newnan, GA	2		5
31 Jul	Chattahoochee River, GA		4	66
31 Jul	Marietta, GA			2
31 Jul	Newnan, GA	1		24
31 Jul	Potter's Springs			1
31 Jul	Rockville, AL			1
3 Aug	Chattahoochee River, GA	1
4 Aug	Rock Mills, GA	1
20 Aug	Atlanta, GA	1
21 Aug	Camp Creek, GA	1
31 Aug	Jonesboro, GA	1	2	1
20 Nov	Duck River, TN			1
28 Nov	Duck River, TN	1		8
28 Nov	Maury's Mills, TN	2
15 Dec	Nashville, TN	1	1
18 Dec	Spring Hill, TN		1
25 Dec	Pulaski, TN	3	11
1865
30 Mar	Montevallo, AL			2
31 Mar	Montevallo, AL			1
1 Apr	Ebenezer Churck, AL		3