83rd US Infantry Division – 1944 – Battle order

Commander: Major General Robert C. Macon
Deputy commander: Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh

Chief of Staff: Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff

329th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Edwin B. Crabill
– 1/329 : Major George A. Wishart
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
– 2/329 : Lieutenant Colonel Claude L. Bowen, Jr.
E Company: Captain Raymond E. Poore, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Méautis
E Company Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Milton J. Bialeck, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny
F Company: Captain Richard E. Randal, wounded on July 4, 1944
–1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George W. Stahley, killed on July 4, 1944
–2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Donald L. Richardson, killed on July 4, 1944
–3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Frank R. Yukl, killed on July 4, 1944
–Weapons Platoon : 2nd Lieutenant George P. Hopley, killed on July 4, 1944 at Sainteny
G Company: Captain Granville A. Sharp
–1st Platoon
–2nd Platoon
–3rd Platoon : lieutenant Virgil M. McClintic, wounded on July 4, 1944 at Méautis
–Weapons Platoon
H Company
H Company
– 3/329 : Lieutenant Colonel Quincy A. Sanders
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company

330th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Ernest L. McLendon, relieved of command on July 9, 1944, replaced by Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, replaced by Colonel Robert T. Foster on July 13, 1944.
– 1/330
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
– 2/330
E Company
F Company
G Company
H Company
– 3/330
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company

331st Infantry Regiment: Colonel Martin D. Barndollar Jr., killed on 4 July 1944 near Méautis, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Long, replaced on 7 July 1944 by Colonel John C. Whitcomb, replaced on 9 July 1944 by Colonel James D. Bender, replaced on 11 July 1944 by Colonel Robert T. Foster, replaced on 13 July 1944 by Colonel Robert H. York.
– 1/331
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
– 2/331: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Faber, killed on 10 July 1944 at Sainteny.
E Company
F Company
G Company
H Company
– 3/331
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company

83rd Reconnaissance Troop (mechanized)

308th Combat Engineer Battalion

83rd Artillery Division
– 322nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
– 323rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
– 908th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
– 324th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

308th Medical Battalion

783th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company

83th Quartermaster Company

83th Signal Company

Military Police Platoon

Headquarters Company

Band

Reinforcements

Anti-aircraft artillery
– 453rd AAA AW Battalion (Mbl), from July 1st, 1944 to July 9th, 1945
– 473rd AAA AW Battalion (SP), from August 22nd to September 17th, 1944

Field artillery
– 65th Armored FA Battalion, from June 27th to July 4th, 1944
– 400th FA Battalion, from July 31st, 1944 to August 2nd, 1944
– 250th FA Battalion (105 How), from July 31st, 1944 to August 4th, 1944
– 174th FA Group, from August 1st to 16th, 1944
– 12th FA Obsn Battalion (-Btrie A), from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 196th FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 202nd FA Group, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 333rd FA Group, from August 15th to 18th, 1944
– 739th FA Battalion (8 “How), from August 29th to September 3rd, 1944

Armor
– 1st Bn 66th Armd Regt (2nd Armd Div), from June 28th to July 5th, 1944
– 746th Tank Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944
– 70th Tank Battalion, from July 17th to 18th, 1944
– C Co, 749th Tank Battalion, from July 20th to 29th, 1944
– A Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 6th to 16th, 1944
– C Co, 709th Tank Battalion, from August 12th to 16th, 1944
– 1 pton 709th Tank Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944
– 774th Tank Battalion, from August 28 to December 24th, 1944
– 106th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 16th to 28th, 1944
– 24th Cav Rcn Sq, from July 18th to 19th, 1944
– Task Force A (15th Cav Gp), from August 3rd to 5th, 1944

Infantry
– 121st CT (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944
– 121st Inf (8th Div), from August 6th to 15th, 1944
– 56th FA Battalion (8th Div) (105 How), from August 6th to 15th, 1944
– B Co, 168th Engr C Bn, from August 6th to 15th, 1944
– 1 platoon from 513th Engr Light Pon Co, from August 6th to 15th, 1944
– C Co, 709th Tk Bn, from August 12th to 16th, 1944

Tank Destroyer units
– 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (T), from July 1st to December 7th, 1944
– A Co, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 10th to 13th, 1944
– A Co, 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from July 10th to 13th, 1944
– B Co, 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 6th to 16th, 1944
– C Co, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), from August 9th to 16th, 1944

Chemical units
– A Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from July 5th to 16th, 1944
– C Co, 87th Chemical Battalion, from 5th to 16th July 1944
– B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from July 19th to 29th, 1944
– A Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944
– C Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 1st to 16th, 1944
– B Co, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, from August 13th to 16th, 1944

Command posts

April 19, 1944: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
June 17, 1944: Southampton, England
June 25, 1944: Omaha Beach
June 26, 1944: Bricqueville
June 28, 1944: Carentan
July 14, 1944: Hotat
July 28, 1944: Feugères
July 3, 1944: Pontorson
August 5, 1944: Esvres
August 7, 1944: Châteauneuf
August 10, 1944: Dinan
August 20, 1944: Cesson-Sévigné
August 25, 1944: Châteaubriant