This is the order of battle for the American Expeditionary Force at the beginning and end of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 26 to November 11, 1918.
Beginning of the battle (September 26, 1918)[]
First U.S. Army[]
General John J. Pershing, Commanding
Map of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
I Corps Major General Hunter Liggett, Commanding
III Corps Major General Robert L. Bullard, Commanding
V Corps Major General George H. Cameron, Commanding
In Reserve
End of the battle (November 10, 1918)[]
General John J. Pershing, Army Group Commander
First U.S. Army[]
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, Commanding
I Corps Major General Joseph T. Dickman, Commanding
- 42nd Division
- 77th Division
- 78th Division
U.S. soldiers of 2nd Division engaged in the Argonne Forest
III Corps Major General John L. Hines, Commanding
- 3rd Division
- 5th Division
- 32nd Division
- 90th Division
V Corps Major General Charles P. Summerall, Commanding
- 1st Division
- 2nd Division
- 29th Division
- 80th Division
Second U.S. Army[]
Lieutenant General Robert L. Bullard, Commanding
IV Corps Major General Charles H. Muir, Commanding
- 4th Division
- 28th Division
- 37th Division
VI Corps
Major General Charles C. Ballou, Commanding
(Note: With the exception of one brigade from the 88th Division, VI Corps did not actively participate in the battle.)
French II Colonial Corps
- French Division
- French Division
- 26th Division
- 79th Division
French XVII Corps
- French Division
- French Division
- 33rd Division
- 35th Division
List of divisions engaged[]
At one point or another during the 47-day battle, all or part of 23 American divisions were engaged in the fighting:
- 1st Division
- 2nd Division
- 3rd Division
- 4th Division
- 5th Division
- 26th Division
- 28th Division
- 29th Division
- 32nd Division
- 33rd Division
- 35th Division
- 36th Division
- 37th Division
- 42nd Division
- 77th Division
- 78th Division
- 79th Division
- 80th Division
- 82nd Division
- 88th Division
- 89th Division
- 90th Division
- 91st Division
References[]
- "Report of General John J. Pershing, U.S.A., Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Force". November 20, 1918. http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofgeneralj00unitrich/reportofgeneralj00unitrich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- Rinaldi, Richard A. (2004). The U.S. Army in World War I - Orders of Battle. Takoma Park, Maryland: Tiger Lily Publications. ISBN 978-0-9720296-4-3.
The original article can be found at American Order of Battle Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the edit history here.