I feel the need to comment here since it relates to my screen name. 73% of all people killed in the original “Star Trek” series were wearing red shirts, and there was indeed a very high turnover rate in the security department.
Since there were six pads on a transporter platform. Landing parties were usually put together as follows:
Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Sulu
Chekhov
a red-shirted security crewman.
That’s Lars.