6th Infantry Division (United States) - World War I

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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