American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 86th Division

Eighty-Sixth Division - National Army

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

Troops Drawn

 * Selective Service (Draft)

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Grant, Illinois. 7.18.1917 - 4.19.1924

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

Military Units attached to the Eighty-Sixth Division
171st Infantry Brigade 172nd Infantry Brigade 161st Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 341st Infantry
 * 342nd Infantry
 * 332nd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 343rd Infantry
 * 344th Infantry
 * 333rd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 331st  Field Artillery
 * 332nd Field Artillery
 * 333rd Field Artillery
 * 311th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 331st  Machine Gun Battalion
 * 311th Engineers
 * 311th  Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 311th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 311th Ammunition Train
 * 311th Supply Train
 * 311h Engineer Train
 * 311th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 341-344)

Unit Histories

 * History of the 332d Machine Gun Battalion, 86th Division. 171st Brigade.

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