American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 80th Division

Eightieth Division - National Army

 * Nickname: Blue Ridge Division
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931

Troops Drawn

 * Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Lee, Virginia. 7.18.1917 - 6.28.1921

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: May 23, 1918-June 1, 1918.
 * French training area; Samer, Redon, Coetquidan. Meucon.
 * Date entered line:
 * Days in Quiet (1) and Active (17) Sectors. Total 18.
 * Date sailed for home: May 17. 1919.

Major Operations

 * St. Mihiel (Reserve)
 * Meuse-Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

Military Units attached to the Eightieth Division
159th Infantry Brigade 160th Infantry Brigade 155th  Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 317th Infantry
 * 318th Infantry
 * 313th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 319th Infantry
 * 320th Infantry
 * 315th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 313th  Field Artillery
 * 314th Field Artillery
 * 315th Field Artillery
 * 305th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 314th  Machine Gun Battalion
 * 305th  Engineers
 * 305th  Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 305th  Train HQ and Military Police
 * 305th Ammunition Train
 * 305th Supply Train
 * 305th Engineer Train
 * 305th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 317-320

Unit Histories

 * A History of the 313th Field Artillery, U.S.A. New York,New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1920
 * History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division,1917-1919. Richmond,Virginia: William Byrd Press, 1919

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Deaths: 1,132
 * Wounded: 5,000
 * Replacements 4,495
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918: 24,580

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919

Related FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919
 * World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918

Related Websites

 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.
 * United States World War One Centennial Commission

Reference Sources

 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * U.S. Army Center of Military History Campaigns: World War I
 * U.S.Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now