American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 3rd Division

Third Division - Regular Army

 * Division Nickname: Marne Division
 * Third Infantry Division - NARA Administrative History Note
 * Third Infantry Division


 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 Pages 21-41 (images 28-48)

Training
 Troops Drawn  "...includes Regular Army troops stationed at Camps Greene,Forrest,Shelby,Stanley,Stuart and Travis, and Forts Bliss, Clark,Douglas,Leavenworth,and Washington Barracks.." Land Forces. Order of Battle p. 47


 *  Training Camp in the United States
 * Where trained in U.S.: Camp Greene, North Carolina

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: Dec 20, 1918-May 12,19l8
 * French Training Area: Chateauvillain. Coetquidan.
 * Date entered line: May 31, Chateau  Thierry.
 * Days in Quiet (0) and Active Sectors (86). Total 86
 * Date Sailed for home: Aug. 14, 1919.

Major Operations

 * Somme Defensive (Detachment 6th Engineers)
 * Aisne Defensive: Champagne-Marne Defensive
 * Aisne-Marne Offensive:St.Mihiel (Reserve):Meuse-Argonne.)'''
 * 3rd Division Summary of Operations
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces pp. 5-8

Military Units attached to the Third Division
5th Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry Brigade 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops HQ Troop
 * 4th Infantry
 * 7th Infantry
 * 8th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 30th Infantry
 * 38th Infantry
 * 9th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 10th Field Artillery
 * 18th Field Artillery
 * 76th Field Artillery
 * 3rd Trench Mortar Battery
 * 7th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 6th Engineers
 * 5th Signal Battalion
 * Trains
 * 3rd Train HQ and Military Police
 * 3rd Ammunition Train
 * 3rd Supply Train
 * 6th Engineer Train
 * 3rd Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals:5,7,26,27)

Unit Histories

 * Frederick v. Hemenway. History of the Third Division, United States Army in the World War for the Period December 1, 1917 to January 1, 1919.

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Casualties 6 April 1917 - 11 Nov 1918: 15,401
 * Replacements: 24,033
 * Strength 13 Nov 1918: 25,076

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, 19117-1919
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

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

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

Sources:
 * William E. Moore and James C. Russell. U.S. Official Pictures of the World War. Washington,D.C.: Pictorial Bureau, 1920
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931
 * Leonard L. Lerwill. The Personnel Replacement System in the United States Army. department of the Army, August, 1954