It's only a flesh wound Ma

[ineffable]

Dont recall lightly wounded soldiers being tallied as casualties in Debrief. Is this an intentional change?

[Saturnian]

I think they used to return to the next battle, too. But I don't think they do anymore. Could be wrong.

This can cause you to suffer in desperate battles where you have a shortage of manpower and can lose a critical unit, just because too many soldiers are hurt.

[SteveMcClaire]

This is an intentional change. Lightly wounded soldiers used to stay in their unit and never healed. In TBF wounded and seriously wounded are both unavailable for a time until they're healed and return to duty.

Lightly wounded have a chance to return every night and will automatically return at the start of the next operation.

Seriously wounded have a chance to return to duty at the start of every new operation. They don't automatically return so it's possible for a seriously wounded soldier to never return to duty.