Composition
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Primary
Primary
Type
Unit
345th Infantry
346th Infantry
347th Infantry
312th Engineer Combat Battalion
312th Medical Battalion
Artillery
334th Field Artillery Battalion
335th Field Artillery Battalion
336th Field Artillery Battalion
912th Field Artillery Battalion
Special Troops
787th Ordnance Light Maintenance
87th Quartermaster Company
87th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
87th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Band
Attachments
Attachments
Type
Unit
Dates
Antiaircraft Artillery
549th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) (- Btry D)
24 Dec 44 - 9 May 45
Armored
37th Tk Bn (4th Armd Div)
14 Dec 44 - 19 Dec 44
761st Tk Bn
20 Dec 44 - 23 Dec 44
761st Tk Bn
1 Jan 45 - 15 Jan 45
2 plats, Co A, 22d Tk Bn (11th Armd Div)
9 Jan 45
761st Tk Bn
26 Jan 45 - 1 Feb 45
735th Tk Bn
1 Feb 45 - 9 Mar 45
CC A (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
42d Tk Bn (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
63d Armd Inf Bn (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
41st Cav Rcn Sq (- Tr B) (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
490th Armd FA Bn (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
Co A, 56th Armd Engr Bn (11th Armd Div)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
Co A, 705th TD Bn (SP)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
Co A, 575th AAA AW Bn (SP)
24 Feb 45 - 4 Mar 45
Assault Gun Plat, Hq Co, 735th Tk Bn
13 Mar 45 - 9 May 45
735th Tk Bn
15 Mar 45 - 9 May 45
Cavalry
6th Cav Rcn Sq
4 Mar 45 - 5 Mar 45
Chemical
161st Cml SG Co
24 Feb 45 - 28 Feb 45
Co C, 93d Cml Mort Bn
5 Mar 45 - 20 Mar 45
Engineer
1252d Engr C Bn
17 Jan 45 - 20 Jan 45
1255th Engr C Bn
17 Jan 45 - 26 Jan 45
Field Artillery
802d FA Bn (105mm How)
5 Jan 45 - 15 Jan 45
687th FA Bn (105mm How)
1 Feb 45 - 12 Feb 45
81st FA Bn (155mm How)
6 Feb 45 - 12 Feb 45
687th FA Bn (105mm How)
18 Feb 45 - 5 Mar 45
81st FA Bn (155mm How)
18 Feb 45 - 8 Mar 45
Btry B, 174th FA Bn (155mm Gun)
18 Feb 45 - 8 Mar 45
Infantry
Fr 4th Prcht Bn
4 Jan 45 - 15 Jan 45
12th Inf (4th Div)
9 Jan 45 - 18 Jan 45
3d Bn, 385th Inf (76th Div)
26 Mar 45 - 27 Mar 45
Tank Destroyer
2 plats, Co B, 602d TD Bn (SP)
12 Dec 44 - 13 Dec 44
610th TD Bn (SP)
14 Dec 44 - 22 Dec 44
704th TD Bn (SP)
17 Dec 44 - 19 Dec 44
691st TD Bn (T)
22 Dec 44 - 24 Dec 44
691st TD Bn (T)
8 Jan 45 - 26 Jan 45
811th TD Bn (SP)
26 Jan 45 - 28 Jan 45
2 plats, Co B, 602d TD Bn (SP)
1 Feb 45 - 3 Feb 45
607th TD Bn (T)
3 Feb 45 - 6 Mar 45
607th TD Bn (T)
15 Mar 45 - 9 May 45
Detachments
Detachments
Unit
Attached To
Dates
346th Inf
4th Div
15 Jan 45 - 16 Jan 45
347th Inf
4th Div
15 Jan 45 - 16 Jan 45
345th CT
17th Abn Div
15 Jan 45 - 16 Jan 45
Assignments
Assignments
Date
Corps
Army Assigned
Army Attached
Army Group Assigned
17-Oct-44
ETOUSA
UK Base
25-Nov-44
Third
4-Dec-44
III
Third
9-Dec-44
III
Third
12th
11-Dec-44
XII
Third
12th
21-Dec-44
XV
Seventh
12th
26-Dec-44
-
-
12th
29-Dec-44
VIII
Third
12th
14-Jan-45
XII
Third
12th
25-Jan-45
VIII
Third
12th
22-Apr-45
VIII
First
12th
6-May-45
VIII
Ninth
(-) Indicates relieved from assignment.
Sources:
An Historical and Pictorial Record of the 87th Infantry Division in World War II, 1942-1945