Reduced starters

[Grognard Gunny]

Some scenarios have units (on either side) that begin "reduced" (I will assume that means 'with one step gone'.)

If those reduced units are further reduced during the game and thrown into the "dead pile" (for later accounting), are they only counted for the actual step lost in combat, or are they counted as two steps lost? If only the actual step lost in combat, how does one keep track of which is which?

Unless it is but another kink in the game to separate the two "types" of losses in units,,,,,,,

GG