Units comprising the 27th Division
World War Two

Typical Organization (1941):
53rd Infantry Brigade HHC
    105th Infantry Regiment
    106th Infantry Regiment
54th Infantry Brigade HHC
    108th Infantry Regiment*
    165th Infantry Regiment*
52nd Field Artillery Brigade HHB
    104th Field Artillery Regiment [75mm]
    105th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
    106th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
Headquarters, 27th Division
Hqs and Hqs Det
Medical Det
Headquarters Company
    27th Military Police Company
    27th Signal Company
102nd Ordnance Company
102nd Engineers (Combat)
102nd Medical Regiment
102nd Quartermaster Regiment

*Relieved from division 1 Sep 42. During the period 1 Sep 42-for the 165th Infantry Regt.30 Oct 42 the division exchanged the 160th Infantry Regt.

Typical Organization (1944/45):
105th Infantry Regiment
106th Infantry Regiment
165th Infantry Regiment
    HHB Division Artillery
104th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
105th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
106th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
249th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
    27th Reconnaissance Troop, Mecz
102nd Engineer Combat Battalion
102nd Medical Battalion
    27th Counter Intelligence Corps Det
Headquarters Special Troops
Hqs Company, 27th Infantry Division
Military Police Platoon
727th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
    27th Quartermaster Company
    27th Signal Company

Overseas Wartime Assignments:
Hawaiian Dept - 10 Mar 42
Central Pacific Area Cmd - 14 Aug 43
V Amphibious Corps (attached) -13 Sep 43
XXIV Corps-13 Apr 44
V Amphibious Corps -15 Apr 44
Central Pacific Base Cmd -1 Jul 44
Army Garrison Force Saipan - 30 Jul 44
South Pacific Base Cmd - 7 Sep 44
Tenth Army - 26 Nov 44
XXIV Corps - 9 Apr 45
Okinawa Island Cmd (attached) - 2 May 45
Army Garrison Force APO 331 -19 Jul 45
Tenth Army - 30 Jul 45

Commanders:
MG William N. Haskell: Oct 40
BG Ralph McT. Pennell: Nov 41
MG Ralph C. Smith: Nov 42
MG George W. Griner Jr: Jun 44

Killed in Action: 1,512
Wounded in Action: 4,980
Died of Wounds; 332

This information was taken from Shelby L. Stanton's World War II Order of Battle. New York: Galahad Books, 1991, p. 103.

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