Order of Battle, 101st Airborne Division

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Commanders

August 16th, 1942 – March 14th, 1944

Lee, William Carey

March 14th, 1944 – May 31st 1944 (Temporary Command)

Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

May 31st 1944 – December 5th, 1944

Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

December 5th, 1944 – December 17th, 1944

McAuliffe, Anthony Clement “Nuts”

December 17th, 1944 – End of War

Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

Order of Battle

Normandy, June 1944, 101st Airborne Division

Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

Pathfinders: Captain Frank L. Lillyman

• 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel Howard R. Johnson
  • 1^st Battalion, 501st PIR: Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Caroll (Killed in Action, June 6^th, 1944)
  • 2^nd Battalion, 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Ballard
  • 3^rd Battalion, 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Julian J. Ewell
• 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel George Moseley (Wounded in Action, June 6^th, 1944)
  • 1^st Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy
  • 2^nd Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Steve A. Chappuis (Wounded in Action, June 6^th, 1944)
  • 3^rd Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole
• 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel Robert Sink
  • 1^st Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Turner (Killed in Action, June 7^th, 1944)
  • 2^nd Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer
  • 3^rd Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Wolverton (Killed in Action, June 6^th, 1944)
• 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel George S. Wear
  • 1^st Battalion, 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hartford T. Salee (Wounded in Action, June 10^th, 1944, replaced  by Captain George P. Nichols)
  • 2^nd Battalion, 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie
  • 1^st Battalion, 401^st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ray C. Allen
• 101^st division Artillery: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe
  • 321^st Glider FA Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Carmichael
  • 907^th Glider FA Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Clarence F. Nelson
  • 377^th Parachute FA Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Weisberg
• 326^th Airborne Medical Company: Major William Barfield
• 326^th Airborne Engineer Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel John C. Pappas (Killed in Action, June 13^th, 1944)

Arnhem, September 1944, 101st Airborne Division

Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

• 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Howard R. Johnson
  • 1^st Battalion, 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Harry W.O. Kinnard
  • 2^nd Battalion, 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Ballard
  • 3^rd Battalion, 501^st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Julian J. Ewell
• 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Michaelis
  • 1^st Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy
  • 2^nd Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Steven A. Chapuis, Lieutenant Colonel Elbridge Chapman
  • 3^rd Battalion, 502^nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole
• 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Robert F. Sink
  • 1^st Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harwick, James L. LaPrade
  • 2^nd Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strayer
  • 3^rd Battalion, 506^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver M. Horton, Lloyd E. Patch
• 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Joseph H. Harper
  • 1^st Battalion, 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hartford T. Sallee
  • 2^nd Battalion, 327^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie
  • 1^st Battalion, 401^st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Roy C. Allen
• 101^st Divisional Artillery, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe
  • 321^st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Carmichael
  • 377^th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Elkins
  • 907^th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Nelson
  • 81^st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel X.B. Cox, Jr.
• 326^th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Mozley or John Pappas
• 326^th Airborne Medical Company, Major William E. Barfield
• 101^st Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel Sidney S. Davis
• 101^st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
• 801^st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, Lieutenant Colonel Roger W. Parkinson
• 426^th Airborne Quartermaster Company, Major Charles J. Rich