American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 5th Division

Fifth Division - Regular Army

 * Nickname Red Diamond Division
 * 5th Division. (12/11/1917 - 10/4/1921) NARA Organization Authority Record
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931
 * Native Americans Serving with the Fifth Division NARA NAID 34392907

Troops Drawn

 * Regular Army

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Logan, Texas. 7.18.1917-3.1919

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: March 20, 1918-June 19, 1918.
 * French training area: Bar-sur-Aube, Valdahon.
 * Date entered lines: June 14, 1918. Vosges Sector.
 * Days in Quiet (71) and Active (32) Sectors. Total 103.
 * Date sailed for home: July 13, 1919.

Major Operations

 * St. Mihiel
 * Meuse-Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

Military Units attached to the Fifth Division
 9th Infantry Brigade   10th Infantry Brigade   5th Field Artillery Brigade   5th Trench Mortar Battery   Trains 
 * 60th Infantry
 * 61st Infantry
 * 14th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 6th Infantry
 * 11th Infantry
 * 15th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 19th Field Artillery
 * 20th Field Artillery
 * 21st Field Artillery
 * Divisional Troops
 * 13th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 7th Engineers
 * 9th Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 5th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 54th Ammunition Train
 * 5th Supply Train
 * 7th Engineer Train
 * 5th Sanitary Train ( Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 17,25,29,30

Unit Histories

 * Kenyon Stevenson. The Official History of the Fifth Division U.S.A. During the Period of its Organization and of its Operations in the European War, 1917 - 1919. The Red Diamond (Meuse) Division. Society of the Fifth Division, 1919
 * A Brief History of 7th Engineers.5th Division.
 * Records of the World War. Field Orders 1918. 5th Division. Washington: Government Printing Office

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Deaths: 1,976
 * Wounded:6,864
 * Replacements: 12,611
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918: 21,675

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