American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 91st Division

Ninety-First Division - National Army

 * Nickname: Wild 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 Ninety-First Division NARA NAID 34394970

Troops Drawn

 * Selective Service (Draft) Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Utah

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Lewis, Washington. 7.18.1917-9.30.1927

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: July 14, 1918, July 26,1918
 * Date sailed for Home March-April. 1919

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces
 * Summaries of Operations - 91st Division


 * St. Mihiel (reserve)12-16 September 1918.
 * Meuse-Argonne. 26 September - 11 November 1918.

Military Units attached to the Ninety-First Division
181st Infantry Brigade 182rd Infantry Brigade 166th Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains 
 * 361st Infantry
 * 362rd Infantry
 * 347th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 363rd Infantry
 * 364th Infantry
 * 348th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 346th Field Artillery
 * 347th Field Artillery
 * 348th Field Artillery
 * 316th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 346th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 316th Engineers
 * 316th Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 316th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 316th Ammunition Train
 * 316th Supply Train
 * 316th Engineer Train
 * 316th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals  361-364)

Unit Histories

 * Alice Palmer Henderson. The ninety-first, the first at Camp Lewis. Tacoma, Wash. : J. C. Barr, 1918
 * The Story of the 91st Division.San Mateo, Calif.:91st Division Publication Committee, 1919
 * John Uberto Calkins. History of the 347th Machine Gun Battalion.'' Oakland, Calif.: Press of Horwinski Company,
 * Gardner Hamilton. History of the 346th Field Artillery.
 * Harold Hitz Burton.600 Days' Service: a History of the 361st Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. Portland,OR., James Kerns & Abbott Co., 1921
 * Roger Heller. 361st Infantry.

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.


 * Correspondence Relating to Foreign Born Soldiers arranged by state and training camp

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 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939
 * California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * Montana, Military Records, 1904-1918
 * Oregon, World War I, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920
 * Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938
 * Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918
 * Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925

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