101 Airborne
PL-PL

Organisation of parachute infantry company in 1944

Company Headquaters

1

Captain

1

1st Lieutenant

1

1st Sergeant

2

Seargeants

11

Privates

Platoon
(3 in Company)

1

1st Lieutenant

1

2nd Lieutenant

1

Staff Sergeant

1

Sergeant

3

Corporals

30

Privates

Squad
(3 in Platoon)

1

Staff Sergeant

1

Sergeant

10

Privates

Mortar Squad
(1 in each platoon)

1

Sergeant

5

Privates

Organisation of parachute infantry squad in 1944

Squad Leader

Staff Sergeant

Assistant Squad Leader

Sergeant

Rifleman (seven)

Private

Light Machine Gunner

Private

Assistant Gunner

Private

Ammunition Bearer

Private

Organisation of division on 6th of June 1944

Commanding General

General
Maxwell D. Taylor

Assistant Division Commander

Brigadier. General
Don F. Pratt

Brigadier General
Anthony McAuliffe

Chief of Staff

Colonel
G. Higgins

Assistant Chief of Staff G-1

Colonel
Ned D. Moore

Assistant Chief of Staff G-2

Colonel
Arthur M. Sommerfield

Assistant Chief of Staff G-3

Colonel
Millener

Assistant Chief of Staff G-4

Colonel
Carl W. Kohls

501st PIR
(Parachute Infantry Regiment)

Colonel
Howard Johnson

502nd PIR
(Parachute Infantry Regiment)

Colonel
George Moseley

506th PIR
(Parachute Infantry Regiment)

Colonel
Robert Sink

327th GIR
(Glider Infantry Regiment)

Colonel
George Wear

377th PFAB
(Glider Field Artillery Battalion)

Lieutenant Colonel
B. Weisberg

321st GFAB
(Glider Field Artillery Battalion)

Lieutenant Colonel
Edward L. Carmichael

81st Airborne AA/AT Battalion

Lieutenant Colonel
X. B. Cox

326th Airborne Enginner Battalion

Colonel
F. A. Stanlley

801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company

101st Signal Company

426th Quartermaster Company

101st Parachute Maintenance Company

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