16th Armored Division

16th Armored Division

LINEAGE


Constituted 14 January 1943 as the 16th Armored Division.
Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

COMMANDER IN COMBAT


Major General John R. Pierce - Assumed command September 1944

ORDER OF BATTLE


Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armored Division
23rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
216th Armored Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 16th Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 16th Armored Division
Headquarters, Reserve Command, 16th Armored Division
5th Tank Battalion
16th Tank Battalion
26th Tank Battalion
18th Armored Infantry Battalion
64th Armored Infantry Battalion
69th Armored Infantry Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
393rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
396th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
397th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
216th Armored Medical Battalion
137th Armored Ordnance Battalion
156th Armored Signal Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION


Central Europe