American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 8th Division

Eighth Division - Regular Army

 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 pages 106-11 (Images 113-118)

Troops Drawn

 * Regular Army

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Fremont, California, 7.18.1917-9.1919

Overseas Service

 * Date Landed in France: October 8 - November 9, 1918
 * Returned to the United States: December 25, 1918 - August 3,1919

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

Military Units attached to the Eighth Division
 15th Infantry Brigade   16th Infantry Brigade   8th Field Artillery Brigade   Divisional Troops   Trains 
 * 12th Infantry
 * 62nd Infantry
 * 23rd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 8th Infantry
 * 13th Infantry
 * 24th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 2nd Field Artillery
 * 81st Field Artillery
 * 83rd Field Artillery
 * 8th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 22nd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 319th Engineers
 * 320th Field Signal battalion
 * HQ Troops
 * 88th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 8th Ammunition Train
 * 8th Supply Train
 * 319 th Engineer Train
 * 8th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 11,31,32,43

Unit Histories

 * 12th Infantry Twelfth U.S. Infantry,1798-1919.

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

 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919
 * 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

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