4ème division blindée américaine

4th (US) Armored Division

4th (US) Armored Division

Order of battle – June-August 1944 – Battle of Normandy

 

Headquarters

Commander: Major General John Shirley Wood

Chief of Staff: Colonel Walter A. Bigby, replaced on August 2nd, 1944, by Lieutenant-Colonel David A Watt

Headquarters Company

Reserve Command

Combat and combat support unit

Combat Command A: Brigadier General B. C. Clarke

Combat Command B: Brigadier General Holmes E. Dager

8th Tank Battalion

35th Tank Battalion

37th Tank Battalion

10th Armored Infantry Battalion

51st Armored Infantry Battalion

53rd Armored Infantry Battalion

25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)

24th Armored Engineer Battalion

4th Armored Division Artillery
– 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion

Combat service units

144th Armored Signal Company

4th Armored Division Trains

126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion

4th Armored Medical Battalion

Military Police Platoon

Band

Reinforcements

Anti-aircraft artillery
– 489th AAA AW Battalion (SP), from June 19th, 1944 to May 19th, 1945

Field artillery
– 28th FA Battalion (8th Div) (155 How), from July 27th to August 3rd, 1944
– 177th FA Battalion (155 How), from August 3rd to October 6th, 1944
– 696th Armored FA Battalion, from August 3rd to 4th, 1944
– 5th FA Gp, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 695th Armored FA Battalion, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 219th FA Battalion (35th Div) (105 How), from August 20th to 24th, 1944
– 177th FA Gp, from August 20th to October 15th, 1944
– 191st FA Battalion (155 How), from August 20th to October 21st, 1944
– 253rd Armd FA Battalion, from August 22nd to October 7th, 1944
– 179th FA Battalion (155 How), from August 23rd to December 17th, 1944

Engineer
– 995th Engr Treadway Br Company, from August 15th, 1944 to April 11th, 1945

Infantry
– 13th Infantry Regiment (8th Infantry Division), from July 27th to August 3rd, 1944
– 137th Infantry Regiment (35th Infantry Division), from August 20th to 24th, 1944

Command posts

July 8, 1944: Dorchester, England
July 13, 1944: Mesnil-Saint-Martin
July 18, 1944: Méautis
July 30, 1944: Coutances
July 31, 1944: Cérences
August 2, 1944: Saint-Aubin
August 5, 1944: Bain-de-Bretagne
August 6, 1944: Cosqueric
August 8, 1944: Treffléan
August 10, 1944: Vannes
August 14, 1944: Pouance
August 15, 1944: Sainte-Cérotte
August 16, 1944: Ambloy
August 20, 1944: Lierville
August 21, 1944: Corbeilles
August 22, 1944: Courteney
August 26, 1944: Villeneuve l’Archevêque
August 27, 1944: Dierrey Saint-Pierre
August 28, 1944: Vailly
August 31, 1944: Wassy