Please, also visit http://infantryozark.blogspot.com/ Silver Star Medal.
And http://ozarkmia.blogspot.com/ Missing in Action.
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Awards and Decorations (For the period 23 Sep 44 to 10 Feb 46)
Distinguished Service Cross : 18
Legion of Merit : 12
Silver Star Medal : 448
Distinguished Flying Cross : 1
Soldier's Medal : 25
Bronze Star Medal
- For Gallantry in Action : 2,244
- For Meritorious Service : 1,219
Air Medal : 85
Purple Heart : 1,316
Good Conduct Medal : 7,636
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Losses of the 102nd Infantry Division
Non Battle Casualties :
November 1944 - Officers : 18 - Enlisted Men : 657
December 1944 - Officers : 39 - Enlisted Men : 815
January 1945 - Officers : 18 - Enlisted Men : 267
February 1945 - Officers : 21 - Enlisted Men : 395
March 1945 - Officers : 28 - Enlisted Men : 629
April 1945 - Officers : 21 - Enlisted Men : 481
May 1945 - Officers : 16 - Enlisted Men : 446
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Totals - Officers : 161 Enlisted Men : 3,690
Killed in Action :
November 1944 - Officers : 8 - Enlisted Men : 197
December 1944 - Officers : 26 - Enlisted Men : 345
January 1945 - Officers : 3 - Enlisted Men : 43
February 1945 - Officers : 11 - Enlisted Men : 127
March 1945 - Officers : 5 - Enlisted Men : 177
April 1945 - Officers : 9 Enlisted Men : 76
May 1945 - Enlisted Men : 3
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Totals - Officers : 62 - Enlisted Men 968
Wounded in action :
November 1944 - Officers : 50 - Enlisted Men : 1,006
December 1944 - Officers : 28 - Enlisted Men : 642
January 1945 - Officers : 4 - Enlisted Men : 184
February 1945 - Officers : 47 - Enlisted Men : 961
March 1945 - Officers : 17 -Enlisted Men : 359
April 1945 - Officers : 4 - Enlisted Men : 214
May 1945 - Enlisted Men : 9
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Totals - Officers : 150 - Enlisted Men : 3,375
Reinforments - Officers : 492 Enlisted Men : 9,910
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Chronology
24 June 1921
Majority of organic units designated as part of the Organized Reserve.
14 August 1942
Cadre reported to Camp Maxey, Texas.
15 September 1942
Activation of the 102nd Infantry Division.
20 March 1943
Basic training completed.
5 June 1943
Unit training completed.
11 September 1943
Pre-maneuver training completed.
16 November 1943
Maneuver exercises completed.
29 December 1943
General Anderson relinquished command.
20 January 1944
General Keating assumed command.
20 June 1944
Post-maneuver training completed.
8 September 1944
Preparation for overseas movement completed.
12 September 1944
Sailed from New York.
22 September 1944
Anchored in Weymouth Harbor, United Kingdom.
25 September 1944
Debarkation at Cherbourg, France, completed.
25 October 1944
Advance party reported to Ninth Army headquarters at Arlons, France.
27 October 1944
First Ozark wounded in action.
28 October 1944
First Ozark killed in action.
Private Clayton A. Richard. 405th Infantry Company I. From Detroit, Michigan.
3 November 1944
102nd Infantry Division became operational, defending a sector near Geilenkirchen, Germany.
5 November 1944
First artillery concentration under division control fired into Geilenkirchen.
19 November 1944
Apweiler captured.
20 November 1944
Gereonsweiler captured
23 November 1944
Immendorf and Beeck captured.
29 November 1944
102nd Infantry Division attacked toward the Roer river.
30 November 1944
Welz, Flossdorf and Rürdorf captured.
3 December 1944
Linnich captured.
This area was defended during the Battle of the Bulge.
26 January 1945
Brachelen and Randerath seized.
Then followed about 1 month of planning the Roer crossing.
23 February 1945
Roer river crossed. Many losses. Roer bridgehead established.
Massive German counterattack at Boslar.
26 February 1945
Erkelenz falls.
1 March 1945
Viersen captured.
3 March 1945
Krefeld falls. The Rhine is within reach. One week's rest.
4 April 1945
Rhine crossed at Wesel.
11 April 1945
3 day battle for the Wesergebirge comes to an end.
12 April 1945
Hannover captured.
14 April 1945
Gardelegen captured. Here the Gardelegen massacre was discovered by the 405th Infantry. 1,016 prisoners of the Nazi's were locked up in a barn which was then set on fire. All died.
21 April 1945
Von Clausewitz elements decisively defeated. Ozarks fight their last battle on the banks of the Elbe river.
3 May 1945
Russian Army contacted.
4 May 1945
Remnants of German 9th and 12th Panzer Army surrender.
7 May 1945
All fighting ceased. Last Ozark killed in action.
Private Foster L. Porter. 405th Infantry, Service Company. From Butte, Montana.
9 May 1945
VE Day
31 May 1945
Occupation of Altmark, Saxony, ended.
3 July 1945
Occupation of Thuringia ended.
6 September 1945
Occupation of Niederbayern, Bavaria, ended.
10 February 1946
Occupation of Franconia, Bavaria, ended.
22 February 1946
Excepting 405th Infantry Regiment, last elements cleared Bavaria.
3 March 1946
Sailed home from Le Havre, France.
102nd Infantry Division inactivated.
All data taken from the book by major Allan H. Mick
"With the 102nd Infantry Division through Germany"
Majority of organic units designated as part of the Organized Reserve.
14 August 1942
Cadre reported to Camp Maxey, Texas.
15 September 1942
Activation of the 102nd Infantry Division.
20 March 1943
Basic training completed.
5 June 1943
Unit training completed.
11 September 1943
Pre-maneuver training completed.
16 November 1943
Maneuver exercises completed.
29 December 1943
General Anderson relinquished command.
20 January 1944
General Keating assumed command.
20 June 1944
Post-maneuver training completed.
8 September 1944
Preparation for overseas movement completed.
12 September 1944
Sailed from New York.
22 September 1944
Anchored in Weymouth Harbor, United Kingdom.
25 September 1944
Debarkation at Cherbourg, France, completed.
25 October 1944
Advance party reported to Ninth Army headquarters at Arlons, France.
27 October 1944
First Ozark wounded in action.
28 October 1944
First Ozark killed in action.
Private Clayton A. Richard. 405th Infantry Company I. From Detroit, Michigan.
3 November 1944
102nd Infantry Division became operational, defending a sector near Geilenkirchen, Germany.
5 November 1944
First artillery concentration under division control fired into Geilenkirchen.
19 November 1944
Apweiler captured.
20 November 1944
Gereonsweiler captured
23 November 1944
Immendorf and Beeck captured.
29 November 1944
102nd Infantry Division attacked toward the Roer river.
30 November 1944
Welz, Flossdorf and Rürdorf captured.
3 December 1944
Linnich captured.
This area was defended during the Battle of the Bulge.
26 January 1945
Brachelen and Randerath seized.
Then followed about 1 month of planning the Roer crossing.
23 February 1945
Roer river crossed. Many losses. Roer bridgehead established.
Massive German counterattack at Boslar.
26 February 1945
Erkelenz falls.
1 March 1945
Viersen captured.
3 March 1945
Krefeld falls. The Rhine is within reach. One week's rest.
4 April 1945
Rhine crossed at Wesel.
11 April 1945
3 day battle for the Wesergebirge comes to an end.
12 April 1945
Hannover captured.
14 April 1945
Gardelegen captured. Here the Gardelegen massacre was discovered by the 405th Infantry. 1,016 prisoners of the Nazi's were locked up in a barn which was then set on fire. All died.
21 April 1945
Von Clausewitz elements decisively defeated. Ozarks fight their last battle on the banks of the Elbe river.
3 May 1945
Russian Army contacted.
4 May 1945
Remnants of German 9th and 12th Panzer Army surrender.
7 May 1945
All fighting ceased. Last Ozark killed in action.
Private Foster L. Porter. 405th Infantry, Service Company. From Butte, Montana.
9 May 1945
VE Day
31 May 1945
Occupation of Altmark, Saxony, ended.
3 July 1945
Occupation of Thuringia ended.
6 September 1945
Occupation of Niederbayern, Bavaria, ended.
10 February 1946
Occupation of Franconia, Bavaria, ended.
22 February 1946
Excepting 405th Infantry Regiment, last elements cleared Bavaria.
3 March 1946
Sailed home from Le Havre, France.
102nd Infantry Division inactivated.
All data taken from the book by major Allan H. Mick
"With the 102nd Infantry Division through Germany"
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