World War I
Activated: November 1917
- Subordinate Units:
- 11th & 12th Infantry Brigades
- Infantry Regiments: 51st, 52d, 53d & 54th Infantry Regiments
- Machine-Gun Battalions: 16th, 17th & 18th
- Field Artillery Battalions: 3d, 11th & 78th
- Overseas: June 1918
- Days of combat: 43
- Casualties: Total 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348)
- Returned to U.S.: June 1919
Deactivated: 30 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois
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