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« on: 3 March 2011, 22:46:34 »
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1st Cavalry Division Order of Battle during the Vietnam War


Cavalry Battalions (Airmobile Infantry)
  • 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry
  • 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry
  • 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
  • 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry
  • 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry
  • 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry

Aviation Units

11th Aviation Group
  • 227th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
  • 228th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
  • 229th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
  • 11th Aviation Company (General Support)
  • 17th Aviation Company (Fixed Wing Transport)
  • 478th Aviation Company (Heavy Helicopter)

Other Division Air Assets
These companies were used to build the 11th Aviation Group.
  • 110th Aviation Company (Aerial Weapons)
  • 131st Aviation Company (Aerial Weapons)
  • 132nd Aviation Company (Assault Support Helicopter)
  • 133rd Aviation Company (Assault Support Helicopter)
  • 194th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter)
  • 202nd Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter)
  • Company A, 4th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
  • Company A, 5th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
  • Aviation Company, 6th Special Forces Group (Assault Helicopter)
  • Aviation Company, 7th Special Forces Group (Assault Helicopter)

Division Artillery
  • 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery Regiment (105mm)
  • 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery Regiment (105mm)
  • 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery Regiment (Aerial Rocket)
  • 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery Regiment (105mm)
  • 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery Regiment (155mm)
  • 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment (105mm)
  • Battery E, 82nd Artillery (Aviation)

Division Reconnaissance
  • 1st Squad, 9th Cavalry Regiment (Aeriel Recon)
  • 11th Pathfinder Company (Provisional)
  • Company E, 52nd Infantry (Long Range Recon)
  • Company H, 75th Infantry (Ranger)

Division Support Units
  • 1st Personnel Service Battalion (Provisional)
  • 8th Engineer Battalion
  • 13th Signal Battalion
  • 15th Medical Battalion
  • 15th Supply & Service Battalion
  • 15th Transportation Battalion (Aircraft Maintenance)
  • 27th Maintenance Battalion
  • 15th Administrative Company
  • 371st Army Security Agency Company
  • 545th Military Police Company
  • 26th Chemical Platoon
  • 26th Chemical Detachment
  • 184th Chemical Platoon
  • 14th Military History Detachment
  • 191st Military Intelligence Company
  • 583rd Military Intelligence Detachment (Interrogation)
  • 41st Public Information Detachment
  • 42nd Public Information Detachment

Temporarily Assigned
  • 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized)
  • 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment (Mechanized)
  • 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • 25th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog)
  • 34th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog)
  • 37th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog)
  • 54th Infantry Detachment (Ground Radar)
  • 6th Infantry Platoon (Combat Tracker)
  • 24th Detachment, 5th Weather Squadron
  • 31st Detachment, 5th Weather Squadron
  • 30th Weather Squadron elements

Primary Sources:
"Vietnam Order of Battle" by Shelby L. Stanton
"Anatomy of a Division: The 1st Cav in Nam" by Shelby L. Stanton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_%28United_States%29
http://www.first-team.us/tableaux/chapt_08/

Good Hunting.

MR
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