9th Infantry Division (United States)

History

The 9th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Old Reliables") is an inactive infantry division of the United States Army. It was formed as the 9th Division during World War I, but never deployed overseas. In later years it was an important unit of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Vietnam War. It was also activated as a peacetime readiness unit from 1947 to 1962 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as a Training Division, West Germany, and Fort Carson, Colorado, as a Full Combat Status Division, and from 1972 to 1991 as an active-duty infantry division at Fort Lewis, Washington. The division was inactivated in December 1991.

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Wars and campaigns

From Wikidata (CC0).

Key dates

1. 1918
   On 28 October 1918, the division's advance detachment moved to Camp Mills, New York, preparatory to movement overseas.
2. 1942
   With the collapse of French resistance on 11 November 1942, the division patrolled the Spanish Moroccan border.
3. 1943
   Division Artillery Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, for 21–23 February 1943 (WD GO 115, 1946)
4. 1943
   Cannon Company, 60th Infantry Regiment, for 21–23 February 1943 (WD GO 84, 1947)
5. 1966
   The 9th Division was reactivated on 1 February 1966, and arrived in South Vietnam on 16 December 1966 from Fort Riley, Kansas.
6. 1969
   The Division's major units departed from South Vietnam on 27 August 1969 (HHC & 1st Brigade) to Hawaii; 27 August 1969 (2nd Brigade) to Fort Lewis, Washington; 12 October 1970 (3rd Brigade) to Fort Lewis.
7. 1972
   Company B (former 9th Military Intelligence Company (activated 21 December 1972 - reorganized 1 October 1981)
8. 1986
   2 October 1986: 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery to 3rd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery
9. 1990
   The inactivation of the division began on 28 September 1990 with the inactivation of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry, and 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry.

Dates and events quoted from the same Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Records that place someone with this unit

A unit history doesn't name everyone who served. These records do:

• Morning reports and unit rosters: access (National Personnel Records Center)
• Search Army morning reports, 1912–1946 (National Archives Catalog)
• Unit and organizational records held in St. Louis

More history

• U.S. Army Center of Military History
• Wikipedia: 9th Infantry Division (United States)