American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 81st Division

Eighty-First Division - National Army

 * Nickname: Wildcat/Stonewall 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

 * North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Porto Rico

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Jackson.

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: Aug. 15-Aug. 25, 1918.
 * French training area: Tonnerre.
 * Date entered line: September 20, 1918: St. Die Sector.
 * Days in Quiet (31) and Active (0) Sectors. Total 31.
 * Date sailed for home: June 1, 1919.

Major Operations

 * Meuse-Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces
 * Summaries of Operations - 81st Division

Military Units attached to the Eighty-First Division
161st Infantry Brigade 162nd Infantry Brigade 156th  Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 321st Infantry
 * 322nd Infantry
 * 317th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 323rd Infantry
 * 324th Infantry
 * 318th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 316th  Field Artillery
 * 317th Field Artillery
 * 318th Field Artillery
 * 306th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 316th  Machine Gun Battalion
 * 306th  Engineers
 * 306th  Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 306th  Train HQ and Military Police
 * 306th Ammunition Train
 * 306th Supply Train
 * 306th Engineer Train
 * 306th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 321-324

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Deaths: 251
 * Wounded: 973
 * Replacements: 1,984
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918: 23,731

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

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