Index to the General Orders of the 89^th Infantry Division, in WWII

Statistics:

Silver Star Medals 109
Soldier’s Medal 1
Bronze Star Medals 630
Air Medals 18
Purple Heart Medals 641
Combat Infantryman Badge 3
Combat Medic Badge 142
Battle Losses 311

Total Awards 1,544

This book has 34 pages

ISBN 978-1-932891-36-2

ISBN 1-932891-36-6

Library of Congress Control Number Pending

89^th Division's WWII Order of Battle

Headquarters Company

353^rd Infantry Regiment
354^th Infantry Regiment
355^th Infantry Regiment

Headquarters Battery, 89^th Division Artillery
340^th Field Artillery Battalion
341^st Field Artillery Battalion
563^rd Field Artillery Battalion
914^th Field Artillery Battalion

89^th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
314^th Engineer Combat Battalion
314^th Medical Battalion
89^th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters, Special Troops
714^th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
405^th Quartermaster Company
89^th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon

Units attached during combat operations*:

707^th Tank Battalion
748^th Tank Battalion
602^nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
811^th Tank Destroyer Battalion
550^th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion
*the time period of each attachment varies

WWII Campaigns
Rhineland
Central Europe

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

This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 89^th division. * Please note that some decorations awarded to members of this division may have been cited in the general orders of other commands. Many awards of the Purple Heart Medal are missing, for example, as they were cited in the general orders of the hospitals which received the evacuated men. This index does not attempt to list all of the Bronze Star Medals 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 and are listed here if cited in the general orders of the 89th Infantry division. Unit Awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, and Good conduct Medals are not listed..

This index also includes the names of all men who gave their lives in combat listed in the Adjutant General’s Battle Death Report of the 89^th Division..

How to read the sources: (GO#46,1945,89DIV) is broken down as “GO” (General Order), “#” (Number 46, 1945), “89DIV” (89^th Division). Information cited as (89DIVAGOBD) is from the Adjutant General’s 1947 Battle Death Report for the 89^th Infantry Division. Italicized entries are men who were either “Killed in Action” or “Died of Wounds.” 

Most general orders of this state the branch of service, but do not give complete unit assignments. It is assumed that most decoration recipients were assigned to the 89^th division, unless they are listed in a branch of service that was not organic to this division. (Example: Tank Destroyer Battalion, etc). The possibility of error exists with decoration recipients whose branch of service is listed as “Field Artillery,” when they may actually have served in the 602^nd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Please note that some decoration recipients may have been assigned to Headquarters, 89^th division or Headquarters, 89^th division Artillery, but are listed in a smaller organization, as I have no way of knowing which men were in headquarter s units and which were inline units. 

Citations of decorations for “gallantry” or “heroic achievement” do give the unit information in the actual citation. Prior to General Order #26, the numeral designation of the regiment or separate battalion is missing. Starting with General Order #39, the regiment, separate battalion or separate company designation is given for recipients of decorations for meritorious service or Purple Heart Medals.

The last general order in the National Archives file is #127, dated December 1, 1945. The 89^th Division was deactivated on December 17, 1945. Therefore it is possible that there may be additional general orders, numbered beyond #127.

                Anyone with a copy of any 89^th Division General Orders numbered beyond 127 is encouraged to contact the author.

                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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