There is a parameter for death count per task. Number of respawns 0,1,2,3,5,7,9,25,99
There's also a parameter for number of tasks before the mission ends. Number of tasks 1,2,3,5,7,9,15,30,99
I figured out what was happening.
LEA no longer updates mission.sqm with the names and descriptions of the units you give them in LEA.
Workaround is to manually name units in editor to match the names you gave them in LEA.