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69th Infantry Division
"Fighting 69th"
The division insignia is a red block "6" and a blue block
"9" which interlock. It has no heraldic significance.
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COMMAND AND STAFF
Commanding General
13 December 1944 |
Maj. Gen. Emil F. Rheinhardt |
Assistant Division Commander
13 December 1944 |
Col. Lloyd H. Gibbons |
Artillery Commander
13 December 1944 |
Brig. Gen. Robert V. Maraist |
Chief of Staff
13 December 1944 |
Col. Charles P. Lynch |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
13 December 1944 |
Lt. Col. Edward J. Leary |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
13 December 1944 |
Maj. Maxwell Snead |
1 March 1945 |
Lt. Col. Maxwell Snead |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
13 December 1944 |
Lt. Col. Richard C. Conran |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
13 December 1944 |
Lt. Col. Gordon D. Ingraham |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-5
1 March 1945 |
Maj. Claude E. Post |
Adjutant General
13 December 1944 |
Lt. Col. Harold Pengelly |
Commanding Officer, 271st Infantry
13 December 1944 |
Col. Henry B. Margeson |
Commanding Officer, 272d Infantry
13 December 1944 |
Col. Walter D. Buie |
Commanding Officer, 273d Infantry
13 December 1944 |
Col. Charles M. Adams, Jr. |
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STATISTICS
Chronology
Activated |
15 May 1943 |
Arrived ETO |
13 December 1944 |
Arrived Continent (D+234) |
26 January 1945 |
Entered Combat |
11 February 1945 |
Days in Combat |
65 |
Casualties (Tentative)
Killed |
309 |
Wounded |
1,191 |
Missing |
55 |
Captured |
1 |
Battle Casualties |
1,556 |
Non-Battle Casualties |
1,791 |
Total Casualties |
3,347 |
Percent of T/O Strength |
23.8 |
Campaigns
Individual Awards
Distinguished Service Cross |
1 |
Legion of Merit |
1 |
Silver Star |
90 |
Soldiers Medal |
7 |
Bronze Star |
1,847 |
Air Medal |
30 |
Prisoners of War Taken
COMPOSITION
- 271st Infantry
- 272d Infantry
- 273d Infantry
- 69th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
- 269th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 369th Medical Battalion
- 69th Division Artillery
- 879th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 880th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 881st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
- 724th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
- Special Troops
- 769th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
- 69th Quartermaster Company
- 569th Signal Company
- Military Police Platoon
- Headquarters Company
- Band
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ATTACHMENTS
Antiaircraft Artillery
461st AAA AW Bn (Mbl) |
11 Mar 45-30 Jun 45 |
Armored
Co A, 777th Tk Bn |
6 Mar 45-8 Mar 45 |
777th Tk Bn |
29 Mar 45-15 Jun 45 |
Chemical
Co A, 86th Cml Mort Bn |
7 Apr 45-28 Apr 45 |
Field Artillery
955th FA Bn (155mm How) |
29 Mar 45-28 Apr 45 |
953d FA Bn (155mm How) |
14 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
Btry A, 978th FA Bn (155mm Gun) |
17 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
Btry B, 997th FA Bn (8" How) |
17 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
186th FA Bn (155mm How) |
20 Apr 45-30 Apr 45 |
Btry B, 997th FA Bn (8" How) |
23 Apr 45-25 Apr 45 |
Btry A, 978th FA Bn (155mm Gun) |
24 Apr 45-25 Apr 45 |
Tank Destroyer
661st TD Bn (SP) |
7 Feb 45-16 Jun 45 |
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DETACHMENTS
(Attached to)
Cavalry
69th Rcn Tr |
V Corps |
31 Mar 45-5 Apr 45 |
Engineer
Co B, 269th Engr C Bn |
V Corps |
26 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
269th Engr C Bn |
20th Engr Gp |
31 mar 45-3 Apr 45 |
Field Artillery
724th FA Bn |
406th FA Gp |
16 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
880th FA Bn |
406th FA Gp |
22 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
881st FA Bn |
406th FA Gp |
22 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
879th FA Bn |
V Corps |
26 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
Infantry
273d Inf |
V Corps |
16 Mar 45-25 Mar 45 |
3d Bn, 271st Inf |
First Army |
23 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
3d Bn, 272d Inf |
First Army |
23 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
1st Bn, 273d Inf |
V Corps |
26 Mar 45-28 Mar 45 |
2d Bn, 273d Inf |
9th Armd Div |
9 Apr 45-18 Apr 45 |
3d Bn, 273d Inf |
9th Armd Div |
9 Apr 45-20 Apr 45 |
271st CT |
2d Div |
18 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
879th FA Bn |
2d Div |
18 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
1 plat, Co A, 269th Engr C Bn |
2d Div |
18 Apr 45-19 Apr 45 |
272d Inf |
104th Div |
1 May 45-6 May 45 |
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ASSIGNMENT AND ATTACHMENT TO HIGHER UNITS
DATE |
CORPS |
ARMY |
ARMY GROUP |
Assigned |
Attached |
Assigned |
Attached |
25 Nov 44 |
|
|
UK Base |
ETOUSA |
|
18 Jan 45 |
|
|
(-) |
12th |
|
7 Feb 45 |
|
Fifteenth |
|
12th |
|
7 Feb 45 |
V |
First |
|
12th |
|
28 Apr 45 |
VII |
First |
|
12th |
|
(-) Indicates relieved from assignment.
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COMMAND POSTS
DATE |
TOWN |
REGION |
COUNTRY |
13 Dec 44 |
Winchester |
Hampshire |
England |
21 Jan 45 |
Forges-les-Eaux |
Seine-Inferieure |
France |
4 Feb 45 |
Liesse |
Aisne |
France |
12 Feb 45 |
Murringen |
Liege |
Belgium |
8 Mar 45 |
Schmidtheim |
Rhineland |
Germany |
25 Mar 45 |
Bad Neuenahr |
Rhineland |
Germany |
28 Mar 45 |
Bad Ems |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
30 Mar 45 |
Elz |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
31 Mar 45 |
Weilburg |
Hessen-Nassau |
Germany |
2 Apr 45 |
Naumburg |
Kurhessen |
Germany |
6 Apr 45 |
Kassel |
Kurhessen |
Germany |
9 Apr 45 |
Witzenhausen |
Kurhessen |
Germany |
10 Apr 45 |
Heiligenstadt |
Thuringia |
Germany |
10 Apr 45 |
Dingelstadt |
Thuringia |
Germany |
11 Apr 45 |
Schlotheim |
Thuringia |
Germany |
11 Apr 45 |
Kolleda |
Thuringia |
Germany |
13 Apr 45 |
Naumburg |
Halle-Merseburg |
Germany |
16 Apr 45 |
Pegau |
Halle-Merseburg |
Germany |
18 Apr 45 |
Leipzig |
Saxony |
Germany |
18 Apr 45 |
Naunhof |
Saxony |
Germany |
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