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1st Infantry Division - Order of battle

Commanding General :
Major General Clarence R. Huebner
Major General Clarence R. Huebner
Clarence R. Huebner
Assistant Commanding :
Brigadier General Willard G. Wyman
 
Chief of Staff :
Colonel Stanhope B. Mason
 
G 1.  
Lt. Colonel Charles S. Ware
G 2.  
Lt. Colonel Robert F. Evans
G 3.  
Lt. Colonel Frederick W. Gibb
G 4.  
Lt. Colonel Clarence M. Eymer
G 5.  
Lt. Colonel John M. Rogers, Jr.
 
Adjutant General :
Lt. Colonel Leonidas Gavalas
 
16th Infantry Regiment :
Colonel George A. Taylor
Medical det. :
Major Charles Tegtmeyer
1 / 16th :
Lt. Colonel Edmund F. Driscoll
A Co :
Captain James Pence
B Co :
Captain Thomas Merendino
C Co :
Captain Victor Briggs
D Co :
Captain Polydore Dion
2 / 16th :
Lt. Colonel Herbert C. Hicks, Jr
E Co :
Captain Edward F. Wozenski
F Co :
Captain John Finke
G Co :
Captain Joseph Dawson
H Co :
Captain Robert Irvine
3 / 16th :
Lt. Colonel Charles T. Homer, Jr
I Co :
Captain Kimball Richmond
K Co :
Captain Anthony Prucnal
L Co :
Captain John Armellino (WIA 6 June)
M Co :
Captain Emil Edmonds
 
18th Infantry Regiment :
Colonel George A. Smith, Jr.
1 / 18th :
Lt. Colonel Henry G. Learnard, Jr.
2 / 18th :
Lt. Colonel John Williamson
F Co :
Captain Orin W. Rosenberg
G Co :
Captain Gordon Jeffrey
H Co :
Captain Robert E. Murphy
3 / 18th :
Lt. Colonel Courtney P. Brown
 
26th Infantry Regiment :
Colonel John F. R. Seitz
1 / 26th :
Lt. Colonel Francis J. Murdock, Jr
D Co :
Captain Robert Bridges
2 / 26th :
Lt. Colonel Derrill M. Daniel
3 / 26th :
Lt. Colonel John T. Corley
I Co :
Captain Semanchyk
K Co :
Captain Kendall Moultrop (WIA 6 June)
L Co :
Captain Billings
M Co :
Captain Uffner
 
1st Engineer Combat Bn :
Lt. Colonel William B. Gara
C Co :
Captain Dave E. Stokley (WIA 9 June)
   
299th Engineer Combat Bn :
Lt. Colonel Milton Jewett
 
1st Division Artillery :
Brigadier General Clift Andrus
5th FA Bn :
Lt. Colonel Robert N. Tyson
7th FA Bn :
Lt. Colonel George W. Gibbs
32nd FA Bn :
Lt. Colonel Edward S. Bechtold
33rd FA Bn :
Lt. Colonel Walter J. Bryde
C Battery :
Captain Pelletier
   
81st Chemical Mortar Bn :
Colonel Thomas H. James (WIA 6 June)
A Co :
Captain Moundres (KIA 6 June)
1st/Lt. James P. Panas
D Co :
Captain Gaffney (KIA 6 June)
Lt. Marshall
   
56th Signal Bn :
Major Ernest L. Smith
Hq Co :
Captain Robert H. Berg
A Co :
Captain Howard E. Porter
C Co :
Captain William D. Lyon
   
1st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop :
Captain William L. Blake
1st Signal Co :
 
701st Ord. Light Maintenance Co :
Captain Raymond C. Huntoon
1st Quatermaster Co :
Captain John J. King
1st Military police Platoon :
Major Thomas F. Lancer
1st Medical Bn :
Lt. Colonel Samuel Blechfeld
 
ATTACHMENTS
741st Tk Bn :
Lt. Colonel Robert N. Skaggs
Svc Co :
Lt. Frank A. Klotz
Med Co :
Captain Alex Hochman
A Co :
Captain Cecil D. Thomas
B Co :
Captain James G. Thornton
C Co :
Captain Charles R. Young
D Co :
Captain John F. Sicks
   
745th Tk Bn :
Lt.. Colonel Wallace Nichols
   
635th Tk Destroyer Bn :
Lt. Colonel Wint Smith
 
111th FA Bn :
Lt. Colonel Thornton L. Mullins
             
197th AAA AW Bn : 
  Lt. Colonel Charles T. McEniry
Med Det. : 
  Captain Irving S. Roth
A Battery : 
  Captain William S. Heitz
B Battery : 
  Captain Everett V. Peterson (KIA 6 June)
1st Lt. Knox W. Livingston
C Battery : 
  Captain William R. Olcott
D Battery : 
  Captain Thomas A. Chappelle
             
115th Regimental Combat Team :
Colonel Eugene N. Slappey
   
116th Regimental Combat Team :
Colonel Charles D.W. Canham
   
1 det, 29th Reconnaissance Troop :
 
1 det, 121st Engr Combat Bn :