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First Division War Memorial

 
 
First Division War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
1. First Division War Memorial
Inscription.
[Inscriptions on the original memorial (1924)]
First Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, June 1917 - September 1919.

Erected by the memorial association of the First Division and patriotic friends to the memory of the dead of the division who gave their lives in the World War that the liberty and the ideals of our country might endure.

Sommervillier: Oct 20 - Nov 20, 1917.
Ansauville: Jan 16 - April 3, 1918.
Cantigny April 19 - June 8, 1918.
Montdidier-Noyon: June 9 - 13, 1918.
Cantigny: June 14 - July 8, 1918.
Soissons-Aisne-Marne: July 18-23, 1918.
Saizerais: Aug 3-24, 1918.
Ansauville: Sept 2-11, 1918.
St. Mihiel: Sept 12-16, 1918.
Meuse-Argonne: Sept 30-Oct 12 - Oct 26-Nov 11, 1918.
Mouzon-Sedan Operation: Nov 5-7, 1918.
Goblenz Bridgehead: Dec 13, 1918 - Aug 21, 1919.

“The Commander-in-Chief has noted in this division a special pride in service and a high state of morale never broken by hardship nor battle.” G.O. 201 AEF, 1918.

The names of our immortal dead are here inscribed: [List of names]...

[Inscriptions on west wing (added 1957):]
The First Infantry Division, United States Army

To our heroic dead: 8 Nov 1942
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Erected 1957 by members and loyal friends of the First Infantry Division and the Society of the First Division.

First Infantry Division, United States Army, World War Two.
Original Units:

Divisional Units:
Headquarters, Hq. Company, Artillery Hq., Artillery Hq. Btry, 1st Engineer Combat Bn., 1st Medical Bn., 1st Recon Troop, 1st M.P. Company, 1st Signal Company, 1st QM Company, 701st Ord. Lt. Maint. Co., Hq. Special Troops.
Infantry Regiments:
16th Infantry, 18th Infantry, 26th Infantry.
Field Artillery Bns:
5th Field Artillery, 7th Field Artillery, 32nd Field Artillery, 33rd Field Artillery.

Attached Units: Many units, while attached to the First Infantry Division, helped achieve victory for American arms. Their loyal service and inspiring sacrifices are hereby gratefully acknowledged.

[Inscriptions on east wing (added 1977):]
To the Soldiers of the First Infantry Division, United States Army Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam, 12 July 1965 to 3 April 1970.

Erected 1977 by the Society of the First Division and members and loyal friends of the First Infantry Division.

[Honor Roll, WWII: . . .]

First Infantry Division, United States Army, Vietnam.

Organic
First Division War Memorial - south face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
2. First Division War Memorial - south face
1924 inscriptions.
Units:
Division Headquarters; Headquarters Company; 1st Engineer Battalion; 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry; 121st Signal Battalion; 1st Aviation Battalion; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade; 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry; 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry; 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry; 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry; 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry; 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry; 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry; Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery; 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery; 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery; 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery; 8th Battalion, 6th Artillery; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Support Command and Band; 1st Medical Battalion; 1st Supply and Transportation Battalion; 701st Maintenance Battalion; 1st Military Police Company; 1st Administration Company; 1st Military Intelligence Company (DET).

Attached Units:
6th Battalion, 15th Artillery; Company B, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor; 35th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog); 41st Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog); 44th PIO Detachment; F Company, 52nd Infantry (LRRP); 1st Infantry Platoon (Combat Tracker); I Company, 75th Infantry (Ranger).

[Honor Roll, Vietnam:
First Division War Memorial - east face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
3. First Division War Memorial - east face
1924 inscriptions.
. . .]

[Inscriptions: "Desert Storm" Marker Panel (1991)]

To the Soldiers of the First Infantry Division (MECH) who made the supreme sacrifice in Desert Storm (Iraq and Saudi Arabia), 1991.

1st BRIGADE

5th Battalion, 16th Infantry:
Collins, Melford R.
Dougherty, Robert. L.
Miller, Mark A.

1st Battalion, 34th Armor: Douthit, David Q.

3rd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division (ATCHD):
Neberman, James F. (CIV)

3rd Battalion, 66th Armor:
Applegate, Tony R.

1st Battalion, 41st Infantry:
Crumby, David R.
Davila, Manuel M.
Kidd, Anthony W.
Kramer, David W.
Middleton, Jeffrey T.
Murray, James C. Jr.
Tally, Robert D.

4th BRIGADE

4th Battalion, 1st Aviation:
1Lt Tillar, Donaldson P. III
WO Morgan, John K.
WO Plasch, David G.
WO Swartzendruber, George R.
Belas, Lee A.
Carr, Jason C.
Kamm, Jonathan H.
O’Brien, Cheryl L. [first female soldier on honor roll]
Streeter Gary E.
Trautman, Steven R.
Wedgewood, Troy M.

121st Signal Battalion:
Damien, Roy T. Jr.

25th Field Artillery:
Kirk, Reuben G. III

12th Chemical Company:
Perry, Kenneth J.

 
Erected 1924 by Memorial Association
First Division War Memorial - north face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
4. First Division War Memorial - north face
1924 inscriptions
of the First Division.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryPatriots & PatriotismWar, 1st Iraq & Desert StormWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 38° 53.768′ N, 77° 2.323′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Downtown. Memorial is on 17th Street Northwest south of New York Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north. The First Division Memorial/Monument is accessible to pedestrians in President's Park, just south of the Old Executive Office Building and southwest of the White House - off 17th Street Northwest between New York Avenue and E Street Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 535 17th Street Northwest, Washington DC 20500, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. National Headquarters, American Red Cross (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); White House Kitchen Garden (about 700 feet away); Jane Delano (about 700 feet away); Zero Milestone (about 700 feet away); In Memory (about 700 feet away); The Octagon (about 700 feet away); Riggs Bank Medallions (about 800 feet away); The American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
First Division War Memorial - west face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
5. First Division War Memorial - west face
1924 inscriptions.

 
Also see . . .  First Division Monument. (Submitted on January 3, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
 
Additional commentary.
1. First Infantry Division Battle Casualties:
World War I
4,411 Killed in Action
17,201 Wounded in Action
1,056 Missing or Died of Wounds

World War II
3,616 Killed in Action
15,208 Wounded in Action
664 Died of Wounds

Vietnam War
6,146 Killed in Action
16,019 Wounded in Action
20 Prisoner of War
    — Submitted January 4, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.

 
Additional keywords. "Big Red One"; First Division Monument.
 
First Division War Memorial - Honor Roll, WWI image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
6. First Division War Memorial - Honor Roll, WWI
The "immortal dead."
First Infantry Division - WWII Units Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
7. First Infantry Division - WWII Units Panel
First Infantry Division - WWII image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
8. First Infantry Division - WWII
inscriptions on memorial's west wing - addition, 1957.
First Infantry Division - Vietnam Units Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
9. First Infantry Division - Vietnam Units Panel
First Division War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Adam Margolis, April 6, 2019
10. First Division War Memorial
As of 2019, access to the base of the memorial is restricted due to its close proximity to the White House.
Victory by Daniel Chester French image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 6, 2019
11. Victory by Daniel Chester French
“She wears a plumed helmet, a see-through gown and a breastplate so bold that seen from far below she looks topless.” — Paul Richard, Washington Post, 10/19/03.
The Big Red One image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 6, 2019
12. The Big Red One
This flower garden in form of “The Big Red One” commemorates the First Division's unit patch.
Calvin Coolidge<br>Dedicating the Memorial<br>to the 1st Division A.E.F.,<br>Oct. 4, 1924. image. Click for full size.
Library of Congress
13. Calvin Coolidge
Dedicating the Memorial
to the 1st Division A.E.F.,
Oct. 4, 1924.
First Infantry Division - Vietnam image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
14. First Infantry Division - Vietnam
inscriptions on memorial's east wing - addition, 1977.
First Division War Memorial - Desert Storm Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, January 2, 2009
15. First Division War Memorial - Desert Storm Panel
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,421 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on April 4, 2009, by James A. Marlar of Casa Grande, Arizona. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on January 2, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.   10. submitted on February 2, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California.   11, 12, 13. submitted on June 26, 2023, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.   14, 15. submitted on January 2, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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