28<sup>th</sup> Infantry Division

Index to the General Order of the 28 th Infantry Division, in WWII

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Statistics: Silver Star Medals 383 Soldier�s Medals 19 Bronze Star Medals 2,847 Air Medals 106 Purple Heart Medals 5,211 Combat Infantryman Badge 8 Combat Medic Badge 448 Prisoners of War 5 Battle Losses 2,826 Total Awards 9,027 This book has 170 pages ISBN 978-1-932891-51-5 ISBN 1-932891-51-X Library of Congress Control Number 2005-277691 28 th Division's WWII Order of Battle Headquarters Company 109 th Infantry Regiment 110 th Infantry Regiment 112 th Infantry Regiment Headquarters Battery, 28 th Division Artillery 107 th Field Artillery Battalion 108 th Field Artillery Battalion 109 th Field Artillery Battalion 229 th Field Artillery Battalion 28 th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized 103 rd Engineer Combat Battalion 103 rd Medical Battalion 28 th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment Headquarters, Special Troops 728 th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 28 th Quartermaster Company 28 th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Units attached during combat operations*: 707 th Tank Battalion 741 st Tank Battalion 744 th Tank Battalion 777 th Tank Battalion 602 nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 629 th Tank Destroyer Battalion 630 th Tank Destroyer Battalion 446 th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion 447 th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion *the time period of each attachment varies WWII Campaigns Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

Statistics:

Silver Star Medals 383 Soldier�s Medals 19 Bronze Star Medals 2,847 Air Medals 106 Purple Heart Medals 5,211 Combat Infantryman Badge 8 Combat Medic Badge 448 Prisoners of War 5 Battle Losses 2,826

Total Awards 9,027

This book has 170 pages ISBN 978-1-932891-51-5 ISBN 1-932891-51-X

Library of Congress Control Number 2005-277691

28 th Division's WWII Order of Battle Headquarters Company 109 th Infantry Regiment 110 th Infantry Regiment 112 th Infantry Regiment

Headquarters Battery, 28 th Division Artillery 107 th Field Artillery Battalion 108 th Field Artillery Battalion 109 th Field Artillery Battalion 229 th Field Artillery Battalion 28 th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized 103 rd Engineer Combat Battalion 103 rd Medical Battalion 28 th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment Headquarters, Special Troops 728 th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 28 th Quartermaster Company 28 th Signal Company Military Police Platoon

Units attached during combat operations*:

707 th Tank Battalion 741 st Tank Battalion 744 th Tank Battalion 777 th Tank Battalion 602 nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 629 th Tank Destroyer Battalion 630 th Tank Destroyer Battalion 446 th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion 447 th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion *the time period of each attachment varies

WWII Campaigns Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

This is the thirty-sixth in a series of indexes of all the divisions, corps, armies and commands of the US Army during WWII. Others will be published as they are completed. This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 28 th Infantry Division.* Please note that many decorations presented to members of the 28 th Infantry Division may have been cited in general orders of other commands. Most awards of the Purple Heart Medal were cited in the general orders of the hospitals that the men were evacuated to and, therefore, are not included in the work. This index does not attempt to list all of the awards of the Bronze Star Medal that were retroactively awarded under Change 13 to Army Regulation 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947. Most awards of the CIB and CMB were made in general orders of the respective infantry regiments. I have made no attempt to list the unit awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, and Good Conduct Medals. This index also includes the names from the Adjutant General�s Battle Death Report of the 28 th Infantry Division. This lists all the men from the 28 th Infantry Division who gave their lives in combat. Most general orders issued during 1944 and early 1945 do not contain the recipient�s unit assignment information. The recipient�s branch of service is listed in its place. There was a time when the 28 th Division did not state the branch of service of enlisted members cited; those entries will only state �Army.� Please note that some members of tank destroyer battalions were actually members of the field artillery branch; likewise, members of tank battalions are commonly assigned to the infantry or cavalry branch. So the branch of service is only a lead in determining what unit an individual served in. *The following general orders were missing from the files at the National Archives: (GO#10,1944,28DIV) (GO#82,1945,28DIV) (GO#92,1945,28DIV) How to read the sources: (GO#46,1945,28DIV) is broken down as �GO� (General Order), �#� (Number 46, 1945), �28DIV� (28 th Infantry Division). Information cited as (28DIVAGOBD) is from the Adjutant General�s 1947 Battle Death Report for the 28 th Division. Entries that are in italics are men who gave their lives in combat. Every effort has been made to minimize errors and misspelled names. An error may be attributable to the source document, or may have occurred while transcribing the names/units. Some of the original documents are of very poor print quality, making them difficult to decipher. Contact Home Order

This is the thirty-sixth in a series of indexes of all the divisions, corps, armies and commands of the US Army during WWII. Others will be published as they are completed.

This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 28 th Infantry Division.* Please note that many decorations presented to members of the 28 th Infantry Division may have been cited in general orders of other commands. Most awards of the Purple Heart Medal were cited in the general orders of the hospitals that the men were evacuated to and, therefore, are not included in the work. This index does not attempt to list all of the awards of the Bronze Star Medal that were retroactively awarded under Change 13 to Army Regulation 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947. Most awards of the CIB and CMB were made in general orders of the respective infantry regiments. I have made no attempt to list the unit awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, and Good Conduct Medals.

This index also includes the names from the Adjutant General�s Battle Death Report of the 28 th Infantry Division. This lists all the men from the 28 th Infantry Division who gave their lives in combat.

Most general orders issued during 1944 and early 1945 do not contain the recipient�s unit assignment information. The recipient�s branch of service is listed in its place. There was a time when the 28 th Division did not state the branch of service of enlisted members cited; those entries will only state �Army.� Please note that some members of tank destroyer battalions were actually members of the field artillery branch; likewise, members of tank battalions are commonly assigned to the infantry or cavalry branch. So the branch of service is only a lead in determining what unit an individual served in.

*The following general orders were missing from the files at the National Archives:

(GO#10,1944,28DIV)

(GO#82,1945,28DIV)

(GO#92,1945,28DIV)

How to read the sources: (GO#46,1945,28DIV) is broken down as �GO� (General Order), �#� (Number 46, 1945), �28DIV� (28 th Infantry Division). Information cited as (28DIVAGOBD) is from the Adjutant General�s 1947 Battle Death Report for the 28 th Division. Entries that are in italics are men who gave their lives in combat.

Every effort has been made to minimize errors and misspelled names. An error may be attributable to the source document, or may have occurred while transcribing the names/units. Some of the original documents are of very poor print quality, making them difficult to decipher.

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