Index of the General Orders of the 40th Infantry Division, in WWII
Statistics:
Silver
Star Medals 255
Soldier’s Medals 22
Bronze Star Medals 1,079
Air Medals 68
Purple Heart Medals 777
Combat Infantryman Badges 6
Combat Medic Badges 6
Battle Losses 720
Total Awards 2,213
This book has 42 pages
ISBN 978-1-932891-56-0
ISBN 1-932891-56-0
Library of Congress Control Number 2005-283713
40th Division's WWII Order of Battle
Headquarters Company
108th Infantry Regiment
160th Infantry Regiment
185th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters Battery, 40th Division
Artillery
143rd Field Artillery Battalion
164th Field Artillery Battalion
213th Field Artillery Battalion
222nd Field Artillery Battalion
40th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
115th Engineer Combat Battalion
115th Medical Battalion
40th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters, Special Troops
740th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
40th Quartermaster Company
40th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
WWII Campaigns
Bismarck Archipelago
Southern Philippines
Luzon
This is the fortieth 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 40th Infantry Division.* Please note that many decorations presented to members of the 40th 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.
Most 40th Infantry Division’s general orders do not contain the recipient’s unit assignment information. The recipient’s branch of service is listed in its place. Some of these general orders had the numerical designation of recipients penciled into the margin; when this information was present, it was included in this work. 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.
This index also includes the names from the Adjutant General’s Battle Death Report of the 40th Infantry Division. This lists all the men from the 40th Infantry Division who gave their lives in combat.
*The following general order was missing from the files at the National Archives:
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(GO#1,1942,40DIV) |
How to read the sources: (GO#46,1945,40DIV) is broken down as “GO” (General Order), “#” (Number 46, 1945), “40DIV” (40th Infantry Division). Information cited as (40DIVAGOBD) is from the Adjutant General’s 1947 Battle Death Report for the 40th Infantry 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. Corrections with supporting documentation can be sent to D-Day Militaria