17th Airborne Division

Composition:

  • Infantries :

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - ROSTER

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - ROSTER

193rd Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR) - ROSTER

194th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR) - ROSTER

  •  Artillries :

464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - ROSTER

466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - ROSTER

680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB) - ROSTER

681th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB) - ROSTER

  •  Others :

155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA) - ROSTER

139th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB) - ROSTER

17th Parachute Maintenance Battalion

224th Airborne Medical Battalion - ROSTER

717th Ordnance Company - ROSTER

411th Quartermaster Company - ROSTER

517th Signal Company - ROSTER

Military Police Platoon

Headquarters Company - ROSTER

Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 Mar 45 reorganization)

Band

Order of Battle

Commanding General

15 April 1943 - Maj. Gen. William M. Miley

Assistant Division Commander

15 April 1943 - Brig. Gen. John L. Whitelaw

Artillery Commander

15 April 1943 - Brig. Gen. Joseph V. Phelps

Chief of Staff

15 April 1943 - Col. Willard K. Liebel

Assistant Chief of Staff G-1

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Lewis R. Good

Assistant Chief of Staff G-2

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Lyle N. McAlister

Assistant Chief of Staff G-3

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Edwin J. Messinger

Assistant Chief of Staff G-4

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Charles W. Koester

Assistant Chief of Staff G-5

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Richard A. Norton

Adjutant General

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Gabe W. Lewis, Jr.

Commanding Officer, 507th Parachute Infantry (first 82nd Airborne)

26 december 1942 - Lt. Col. George V. Millet Jr.

9 April 1945 - Col. Edson Raff

Commanding Officer, 513th Parachute Infantry

25 August 1944 - Col. James W. Coutts

9 April 1945 - Lt. Col. Ward Ryan

Commanding Officer, 193rd Glider Infantry

15 April 1943 - Colonel Maurice G. Stubbs

Commanding Officer, 194th Glider Infantry

15 April 1943 - Col. James R. Pierce

Commanding Officer, 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Edward S Branigan

Commanding Officer, 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

15 April 1943 - Maj. Kenneth L. Booth

Commanding Officer, 680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

15 April 1943 - Lt Col. Paul F. Oswald

Commanding Officer, 681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion

15 April 1943 - Lt.Col. Joseph W Keating

Commanding Officer, 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion

10 March 1943 - Lt Col. Stanley Johnson

6 June 1944 - Major Edwin A. Bedell

Commanding Officer, 155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion

15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. John W. Paddock

Commanding Officer, 224th Medical Company

15 April 1943 - Capt. Nicholas L. Ciaccia

Commanding Officer, 517th Airborne Signal Company

15 April 1943 - 1st Lt. David O. Jesberg

Statistics

  • Chronology:

 15 April 1943 – Actived

25 August 1943 – Arrived in Angleterre

24 December 1944 – Arrived in ETO (J+201)

25 December 1944 - First fight

45 – Days in combat

17.344 – Numbers of prisoner of war captured

  • Awards and Distinctions :

 Congressional Medal of Honor  : 4

- Pfc George J. Peter

- S/Sgt Isadore S. « Izzy » Jachman

- T/Sgt Clinton M Hendrick

- Pvt Stuart S Stryker


Distinguished Service Cross: 4

Legion of Merit: 8

Silver Star: 177

Soldiers Medal: 5

Bronze Star: 695

Air Medal: 16

  •  Combat zone :

30 Aug 44 - Camp Chiseldon - Wiltshire - Angleterre

24 Dec 44 - Camp Mourmellon - Marne - France

28 Dec 44 - Charleville - Ardennes - France

3 Jan 45 - Morhet - Luxembourg - Belgique

15 Jan 45 - Celli - Luxembourg - Belgique

17 Jan 45 - Bertogne - Luxembourg - Belgique

19 Jan 45 - Compegne - Luxembourg - Belgique

22 Jan 45 - Lavigny - Luxembourg - Belgique

24 Jan 45 - Steinbach - Luxembourg - Belgique

27 Jan 45 - Eschweiler - Luxembourg

29 Jan 45 - Enscherange - Luxembourg

11 Feb 45 - Chalon-sur-Marne - Marne - France

24 Mar 45 - Wesel (2 kilometers north) - Rhénanie - Allemagne

28 Mar 45 - Peddenburg - Rhénanie - Allemagne

29 Mar 45 - Vulffen - Rhénanie - Allemagne

30 Mar 45 - Haltern - Rhénanie - Allemagne

1 Apr 45 - Dulmen - Westphalie - Allemagne

3 Apr 45 - Appelhulsen - Westphalie - Allemagne

4 Apr 45 - Munster - Westphalie - Allemagne

6 Apr 45 - Marxloh - Rhénanie - Allemagne

8 Apr 45 - Bottrop - Rhénanie - Allemagne

10 Apr 45 - Essen - Rhénanie - Allemagne

21 Apr 45 - Marxloh - Rhénanie - Allemagne


  • Statistics:

Missing or Captured: 129

Wounded: 1.473

Killed: 564

Lost without combat: 854


Total casualties: 3.020

% par rapport au T/O d'organisation: 23,2%