American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 89th Division

Eighty-Ninth Division - National Army

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

The volume will include the following for each Regular Army (RA), National Guard (NG) and National Army (NA) or Draft division:
 * Division Commanders
 * Division Composition: Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades, Divisional Trains; Trains: Ammunition, Supply, Engineer, Sanitary (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals); Attached: short term unit attachments; Detached: units detached from the division
 * Division Chronology- Assignment: Army, Corps, Date; Division Headquarters: Location, Date
 * Record of Events: Organization and Movement Overseas; Completion of Organization in France; Record of Events: Training and Operations; Record of Events: Return to the United States and Demobilization


 * Native Americans Serving with the Eighty-Ninth Division. NARA NAID 34394676

Troops Drawn

 * Selective Service (Draft)

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Funston

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: June 11, 1918. July 10, l918
 * Date sailed for Home May 19. 1919

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces
 * Summaries of Operation - 89th Division

Military Units attached to the Eighty-Ninth Division
177th Infantry Brigade 178th Infantry Brigade 164th Field Artillery Brigade Division Troop Trains
 * 353rd Infantry
 * 354th Infantry
 * 341st Machine Gun Battalion
 * 355th Infantry
 * 356th Infantry
 * 342nd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 340th Field Artillery
 * 341st Field Artillery
 * 342nd Field Artillery
 * 314th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 340th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 314th Engineers
 * 314th Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 314th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 314th Ammunition Train
 * 314th Supply Train
 * 314th Engineer Train
 * 314th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals  353-356)

Unit Histories

 * George H English. History of the 89th Division, U.S.A.: from its organization in 1917, through its operations in the World War, the occupation of Germany and unit demobilization in 1919. Kansas City, Missouri:The War Society of the 89th Division, 1920.
 * Regimental History Three Hundred and Forty-First Field Artillery. Eighty-Ninth Division of the National Army
 * Robert Walston Chubb. Regimental History,342nd Field Artillery, 89th Division. New York:The Regimental Historian,1921
 * Carlisle L. Jones. History and Roster of the 355th Infantry...Lincoln,Nebraska: Society of the 355th Infantry,39th Division,1919.
 * Charles Franklin Dienst. History of the 353rd Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, National Army, September, 1917-June, 1919. Wichita, Kansas: 1921.

Soldier Naturalization

 * John J Newman. American naturalization processes and procedures, 1790-1985. pp. 15-16 will discuss naturalization of soldiers
 * Marian L. Smith. ‘’ ‘New Means and New Machinery:’ the problem of World War I soldier naturalization research.’’ NGS News Magazine (April/May/June,2005): 23-28

The following naturalizations occurred in the in the state which provided soldiers to this division. Some of the naturalizations may have taken place at the training camp and others elsewhere. Soldiers in these collections may have also served in other divisions.


 * United States, World War I Correspondence Relating to Foreign Born Soldiers, 1917-1921

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * William A. Raupp.  Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri, January 10, 1921-December 31, 1924. Jefferson, Missouri : The Hugh Stephens Press, 1925? See pp 97- (Images 100-175) Includes Missouri roster of World War I casualties for the Regular Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard and Regular Army nurses; lists of veterans for the Regular Army and National Army.


 * Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941

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
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

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

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