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 472nd 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 52nd Field Hosp, 2nd and 3rd Units and Hqs 20th Station Hospital
Ordnance 22nd Ord Medium Maintenance Co 51st Ord Medium Maintenance Co Co A, 82nd Ord Bn (redesignated 3465th Ord Auto Maintenance Co, Medium) 482nd Ord Co, Aviation, Bomb
XIV Corps—Continued
Quartermaster 1st Plat, 45th QM Grave Regis Co (redesignated 28th QM Grave Regis Det) 2nd Plat, Co C, 60th QM Laundry Bn 3rd Plat, 177th QM Bakery Co (redesignated 352nd 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 132nd Inf Regt, less Cannon Co 164th Inf Regt, less Cannon Co 182nd 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
43rd Infantry Division
Special Troops Hq & Hq Co MP Platoon Band 43rd Signal Co
Artillery2 Hq & Hq Btry 152nd FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer 168th FA Bn, 105-mm. Howitzer
Cavalry 43rd Cavalry Rcn Troop, Mcz
Engineers 118th Engineer Combat Bn
Infantry 103rd Inf Regt 169th Inf Regt
Medical 118th Medical Bn
Ordnance 743rd Ordnance Co
Air Corps Units
XIII Bomber Command Hq, XIII Bomber Command 23rd Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 31st Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 69th Bomb Sq, Medium 70th Bomb Sq, Medium 72nd Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 394th Bomb Sq, 5th Bomb Gp, Heavy 11th Bomb Gp, Heavy, Hqs 26th Bomb Sq 42nd 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 3rd Bomb Gp, Light 4th Photo Rcn and Mapping Gp 17th Photo Sq, Light, 4th Photo Rcn & Mapping Gp 29th Service Gp 82nd Service Sq