Appendix E
U.S. Army Battle Participation List
for Guadalcanal

The following list of Army and Air Force units are those that participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign as defined by General Order Number 24, 4 March 1947. Units are listed as they were designated during the campaign, with later changes and redesignations shown in parentheses following. General Order Number 12, 1 February 1946, lists the units entitled to battle credit for the Guadalcanal Campaign as they appear in parentheses. Differences between the listing below and General Order Number 12 are a result of later research.

XIV Corps

XIV Corps Headquarters Service Command, Guadalcanal Coast Artillery 214th CA Regt (redesignated 214th AAA GP, Hq & Hq Btry; 250th AAA Searchlight Bn; 528th AAA Gun Bn; 950th AAA Bn, Automatic Weapons) Btry F, 244th CA Regt and Provisional Btry H, 244th CA Regt (redesignated 259th CA Bn, Harbor Defense, Separate) Field Artillery 97th FA Bn (75-mm Howitzer Pack) Chemical 151st Chem Co, Decontamination (inactivated and personnel assigned to 218th Chem Composite Co, Depot Section) 887th Chem Co, Air Operations

Engineer 472d Engr Maintenance Co, Contact Plat Infantry 147th Inf Regt, less Cannon Co Medical 1st Section, 7th Medical Supply Depot (Personnel and Equipment transferred to 1st Section, Advance Depot Plat, 21st Medical Supply Depot) 17th Field Hospital 52d Field Hosp, 2d and 3d Units and Hqs 20th Station Hospital Ordnance 22d Ord Medium Maintenance Co 51st Ord Medium Maintenance Co Co A, 82d Ord Bn (redesignated 3465th Ord Auto Maintenance Co, Medium) 482d Ord Co, Aviation, Bomb

XIV Corps-- Continued

Quartermaster 1st Plat, 45th QM Grave Regis Co (redesignated 28th QM Grave Regis Det) 2d Plat, Co C, 60th QM Laundry Bn 3d Plat, 177th QM Bakery Co (redesignated 352d QM Plat, Bakery) 494th QM Depot Co, Supply

Signal 1st Sect, Sig Pigeon Co, 5944-A 68th Sig Co (redesignated 1069th Sig Co, Service Gp) 670th Sig Aircraft Warning Co 831st Signal Service Co1

Americal Division

Special Troops Hq & Hq Co 38th MP Co, less one plat (redesignated MP Plat, Americal Div) 101st QM Regt (redesignated 125th QM Co) 26th Signal Co Artillery Hq & Hq Btry Americal Div Artillery Band 221st FA Bn, 155-mm. Howitzer 245th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 246th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 247th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer

Cavalry Mobile Combat Rcn Sq (redesignated 21st Cav Rcn Troop, Mcz) Engineers 57th Engineer Combat Bn Infantry 132d Inf Regt, less Cannon Co 164th Inf Regt, less Cannon Co 182d Inf Regt, less Cannon Co Medical 101st Medical Regt (redesignated 121st Med Bn)

25th Infantry Division

Special Troops Hq & Hq Company MP Platoon Band 25th QM Co Artillery Hq & Hq Btry 25th Div Arty Band 8th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 64th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 88th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 90th FA Bn. 155-mm. Howitzer

Cavalry 25th Cav Rcn Troop, Mcz Engineers 65th Engineer Combat Bn Infantry 27th Inf Regt 35th Inf Regt 161st Inf Regt Medical 25th Med Bn Ordnance 725th Ord Light Maintenance Co

43d Infantry Division

Special Troops Hq & Hq Co MP Platoon Band 43d Signal Co Artillery2 Hq & Hq Btry 152d FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 168th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer Cavalry 43d Cavalry Rcn Troop, Mcz

Engineers 118th Engineer Combat Bn Infantry 103d Inf Regt 169th Inf Regt Medical 118th Medical Bn Ordnance 743d Ordnance Co

Air Corps Units

XIII Bomber Command Hq, XIII Bomber Command 23d Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 31st Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 69th Bomb Sq, Medium 70th Bomb Sq, Medium 72d Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 394th Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 11th Bomb Gp, Heavy, Hqs 26th Bomb Sq 42d Bomb Sq 98th Bomb Sq 431st Bomb Sq

XIII Fighter Command Hq, XIII Fighter Command 12th Fighter Sq 13th Troop Carrier Sq 14th Fighter Sq 347th Fighter Gp, Hqs 67th Fighter Sq 68th Fighter Sq 70th Fighter Sq 339th Fighter Sq Miscellaneous 3d Bomb Gp, Light 4th Photo Rcn and Mapping Gp 17th Photo Sq, Light, 4th Photo Rcn & Mapping Gp 29th Service Gp 82d Service Sq

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Footnotes

[1] Does not appear in General Order Number 12, 1 February 1946.

[2] 192d FA Bn, 43d Inf Division, is given credit for the Guadalcanal Campaign in General Order Number 12, 1 February 1946; however, the unit did not leave New Caledonia until 24 February 1943, three days after the campaign was over.