American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 1st Division

First Division - Regular Army

 * First Infantry Division History
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 First Division pages 1-19 (images 8-26)

Training
Troops Drawn 
 * "The majority of the troops selected are in service near the Mexican Border... ; others are at Washington Barracks and Ft.Oglethrope; new organizations join at port of embarkation."  Land Forces Order of Battle. p. 5

 Training Camp in the United States 
 * Regular Army Troops.

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France:June 26-July 6,1917.
 * French Training Area: Gondrecourt. Valdahon.
 * Date entered line: Oct.  21.  1917. Luneville Sector.
 * Date sailed for home: Aug.25,1919.

Major Operations

 * Montdidicr-Noyon defensive. Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces pp. 3-5
 * American Battle Monuments Commission. First Division Summary of Operations in the World War. Washington:Government Printing Office, 1944.

Military Units attached to the First Division
1st Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade 1st Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 16th Infantry
 * 18th Infantry
 * 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 26th Infantry
 * 28th Infantry
 * 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 5th Field Artillery
 * 6th Field Artillery
 * 7th Field Artillery
 * 1st Machine Gun Battalion
 * 1st Engineers
 * 2nd Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 1st Train HQ and Military Police
 * 1st Ammunition Train
 * 1st Supply Train
 * 1st Engineer Train
 * 1st Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 2,3,12,13)

Unit Histories

 * Society of the First Division. History of the First Division During the World War, 1917-1919. Philadelphia, Pa.: John C. Winston Co., 1922
 * Henry Russel Miller The First Division [Pittsburg,The Crescent Press,1920
 * Army War College. World War Records, First Division A.E.F. (Regular) 25 vols. Washington,D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930
 * F.C. Armstrong. The Story of the Sixteenth Infantry in France. Frankurt: Martin Flock, 1919
 * Ralph T. Heard. A History of the Sixth Regiment, Field Artillery, First Division,United States Army.Coblenz,Germany: [s.n.,1919

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Casualties: 22,320
 * Replacements: 30,206
 * Strength 13 Nov 1918: 26,272

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

 * First Division Museum
 * 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
 * NARA NAID 34392102. War Department. American Expeditionary Forces. Historical Section. Records Relation to American Indians First Division.

 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