American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 4th Division

Division - Regular Army

 * Nickname: Ivy Division
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931

Troops Drawn
Regular Army

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Greene. N. C.

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: May 10, 1918-June 8, 1918.
 * French training area: Samur, Souge.
 * Date entered line: Aug. 2-3. Chateau-Thierry.
 * Days in Quiet (7) and Active (38) Sectors. Total 45.
 * Date sailed for home: July 24, 1919

Major Operations

 * Champagnc-Marne Defensive (In Reserve)
 * Aisne Marne Offensive
 * St. Mihiel
 * Meuse -Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

Military Units attached to the Fourth Division
7th Infantry Brigade 8th Infantry Brigade 4th Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops  Trains 
 * 39th Infantry
 * 47th Infantry
 * 11th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 58th Infantry
 * 59th Infantry
 * 12th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 13th Field Artillery
 * 16th Field Artillery
 * 77th Field Artillery
 * 4th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 10th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 4th Engineers
 * 8th Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 4th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 4th Ammunition Train
 * 4th Supply Train
 * 4th Engineer Train
 * 4th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 19,21,28,30

Unit Histories

 * Christian A. Bach and Henry Noble Hall. The Fourth Division: Its Services and achievements in the World War,... (1920)
 * R.B. Cole.The History of the 39th Infantry During the World War. (1919)

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Casualties 6 April 1917 - 11 Nov 1918: 12,820
 * Replacements: 19,559
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918: 26,033

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

 * United States World War One Centennial Commission
 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.

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