30th (US) Infantry Division
Battle order – July-August 1944 – Battle of Normandy
Headquarters
Commander in chief: Major General Leland S. Hobbs
Deputy commander: Brigadier General William K. Harrison
Chief of Staff: Colonel Jesse L. Gibney
Combat unit
117th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Henry E. Kelly, replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel Walter M. Johnson on July 23, 1944.
– 1st Battalion
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
– 2nd Battalion : lieutenant-colonel Arthur H. Fuller
E Company
F Company : Captain George H. Sibbald
G Company
H Company
– 3rd Battalion : lieutenant-colonel Samuel T. McDowell
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company
119th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Alfred V. Ednie, replaced on July 15, 1944 by Colonel Edwin M. Sutherland.
– 1st Battalion: lieutenant-colonel James W. Cantey, replaced on July 13, 1944 by Major Robert H. Herlong.
A Company
B Company
C Company: 1st Lieutenant Clarence C. Dent (casulaty on June 18, 1944).
D Company
– 2nd Battalion: lieutenant-colonel Edwin E. Wallis
E Company
F Company
G Company
H Company
– 3rd Battalion: lieutenant-colonel Courtney P. Brown
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company
120th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Hammond D. Birks
– 1st Battalion: lieutenant-colonel Hugh I. Mainord
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
– 2nd Battalion: lieutenant-colonel William S. Bradford
E Company
F Company : Captain Reynold C. Erickson
G Company
H Company
– 3rd Battalion: lieutenant-colonel Paul W. McCollum
I Company
J Company
K Company
L Company
30th Reconnaissance Troop (mechanized)
30th Division Artillery
– 118th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer)
– 197th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer)
– 230th Field Artillery Battalion (105 Howitzer): Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis D. Vieman
– 113th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer)
105th Engineer Combat Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel Carroll H. Dunn
Support
105th Medical Battalion
730th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
30th Quartermaster Company
30th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Band
Reinforcements
Anti-aircraft artillery
– 531st AAA AW Bn (Mbl), from 4 March to 29 October 1944
Field artillery
– 227th FA Bn (29th Div) (155 How), from June 14 to 15, 1944
– 58th FA Bn, from June 15th to July 3rd, 1944
– 203d FA Bn (155 How), from July 6 to 24, 1944
– 58th FA Bn, from 10 to 28 July 1944
– 391st Armed Forces Bn, from July 10 to 28, 1944
– 18th FA Bn (105 How), from July 18 to 28, 1944
– 188th FA Gp, from August 6 to 15, 1944
– 142d FA GP, from August 6 to 15, 1944
– 283d FA Bn (105 How), from August 15 to September 7, 1944
Armor
– 743rd Tank Battalion, from March 1st to June 23rd, 1944
– CC B (3rd Armd Div), July 9 to 17, 1944
– 33rd Armd Regd (3rd Armd Div), July 9 to 17, 1944
– 36th Armd Inf (-3rd Bn) (3rd Armd Div), July 9th to 17th, 1944
– Co D 63d Armd Rn Bn (3rd Armd Div), from July 9 to 17, 1944
– Co B 23d Armd Engr Bn (3rd Armd Div), from July 9 to 17, 1944
– CoB 703d Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from July 9 to 17, 1944
– Btry B 413th AAA Bn Gun (Mbl), from July 9-17, 1944
– CC B (3rd Armd Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– Armd Regd 33d (3rd Armd Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– 36th Inf Armd (3rd Armd Div), August 7th to 12th, 1944
– 83d Armd Rn Bn (3rd Armd Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– Cos B & D 23d Armd Engr Bn (3rd Armd Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– Det Co E 23d Armd Engr Bn (3rd Armd Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– 87th Armor FA Bn, from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– Co C 703d Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– Co B (-3rd Plat) 703rd Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– A & D Batteries 486th AAA AW Bn (SP), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
Engineer
– 246th Engineer C Bn, from July 18 to 28, 1944
– 4th Plat, 604th Engineer C Bn, from August 6 to 28, 1944
Infantry
– 12th Inf Regiment (4th Div), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– 42nd FA Bn (4th Div) (105 How), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
– 1st platoon, C Co, 634th Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from August 7th to 12th, 1944
Anti-tank
– 803rd Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), June 17, 1944
– 823rd Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from June 24 to 27, 1944
– 823rd Tank Destroyer Bn (SP), from July 24, 1944 to June 27, 1945
Chemical
– D Co, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion, from June 20 to July 1, 1944
– 92nd Chemical Mortar Battalion, July 3-7, 1944
– 92nd Chemical Mortar Battalion, from July 10 to August 1, 1944
Command posts
April 1, 1944: Chesham, England
June 15, 1944: Isigny-sur-Mer
July 3, 1944: Lison-l’Eglise
July 9, 1944: Saint-Fromond
July 16, 1944: Pont-Hébert
July 27, 1944: Hebecrevon
July 29, 1944: La Gonnivière
August 6, 1944: Le Mesmilland
August 14, 1944: Barenton
August 15, 1944: La Martinière
August 20, 1944: Crucy
