Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle
Guadalcanal Order of Battle is a list of the significant land units that fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943.
Japanese
On 10 August 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army's Seventeenth Army under Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake assumed command of the Japanese efforts to retake Guadalcanal. The General arrived on the island to take direct command on 10 October.
- 2nd Infantry Division1
- 4th Infantry Regiment
- 16th Infantry Regiment
- 29th Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Artillery Regiment
- 2nd Engineer Battalion
- 38th Infantry Division2
- 228th Infantry Regiment
- 229th Infantry Regiment
- 230th Infantry Regiment
- 38th Mountain Gun Regiment
- 38th Engineer Battalion
- 35th Brigade3
- 124th Infantry Regiment
- Kitao Battalion/Ichiki Detachment
- 4th Artillery Regiment
- 10th Mountain Gun Battalion
- 20th Mountain Gun Battalion
- 28th Infantry Regiment4
- 11th Construction Unit5
- 13th Construction Unit5
Notes:
- The Sendai division arrived between 5 September and 4 October under the command of Lieutenant General Masao Maruyama.
- The depleted 38th division arrived 5–15 November under the command of Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano.
- The 35th Brigade arrived 29 August-5 September, under the command of Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi. It included a late-arriving battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment.
- The Ichiki detachment arrived 18–24 August.
- These units arrived on Guadalcanal 6 July to begin construction of an airstrip.
United States
The US landing force on Guadalcanal was under the command of Marine Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift. On 8 December he was replaced by Army Major General Alexander McCarrell Patch, who took command of the U.S. XIV Army Corps on 2 January.
Marines
- 1st Marine Division1 MG Alexander A. Vandegrift
- Assistant Division Commander: BG William H. Rupertus
- Chief of Staff: COL William C. James (to 24 Sept); COL Gerald C. Thomas
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (D-1): COL Robert C. Kilmartin Jr.
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (D-2): LTC Frank B. Goettge (to 12 Aug); LTC Edmund J. Buckley
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (D-3): COL Gerald C. Thomas (to 24 Sept); LTC Merrill B. Twining
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (D-4): LTC Randolph M. Pate
- 1st Marine Regiment: COL Clifton B. Cates
- Executive Officer: LTC Julian N. Frisbie (to 23 Sept); LTC Edwin A. Pollock
- 1st Battalion: LTC Leonard B. Cresswell
- 2nd Battalion: LTC Edwin A. Pollock (to 23 Sept); LTC William W. Stickney
- 3rd Battalion: LTC William N. McKelvy Jr.
- 5th Marine Regiment: COL Leroy P. Hunt (to 21 Sept); COL Merritt A. Edson
- Executive Officer: COL William J. Whaling (to 25 Sept); LTC Walker A. Reaves (to 12 Oct); LTC William S. Fellers
- 1st Battalion: LTC William E. Maxwell (to 30 Aug); MAJ Donald W. Fuller (to 13 Oct); MAJ William K. Enright
- 2nd Battalion: LTC Harold E. Rosecrans (to 11 Sept); CAPT Joseph J. Dudkowski (1-17, 25-30 Sept); LTC Walker A. Reaves (18-24 Sept); MAJ David S. McDougal (1-8 Oct); MAJ William J. Piper (8-11 Oct); MAJ Lewis W. Walt
- 3rd Battalion: LTC Frederick C. Biebush (to 22 Sept); MAJ Robert O. Bowen
- 7th Marine Regiment: COL James W. Webb (to 20 Sept); COL Amor L. Sims
- Executive Officer: COL Amor L. Sims (to 20 Sept); LTC Julian N. Frisbie
- 1st Battalion: LTC Chesty Puller
- 2nd Battalion: LTC Herman H. Hanneken
- 3rd Battalion: LTC Edwin J. Farrell (to 24 Sept); LTC William R. Williams
- 11th Marine Regiment: COL Pedro del Valle
- Executive Officer: LTC John A. Bemis (to 17 Oct); LTC Robert B. Luckey (to 28 Nov); LTC Thomas B. Hughes
- 1st Battalion: LTC Joseph R. Knowlan (to 19 Oct); LTC Manley L. Curry (to 28 Nov); LTC Donovan D. Sult (to 2 Dec)
- 2nd Battalion: LTC Edward G. Hagen (to 14 Sept); MAJ Forest C. Thompson
- 3rd Battalion: LTC James J. Keating
- 4th Battalion: LTC Melvin E. Fuller (to 28 Oct; from 7 Dec); MAJ Carl G.F. Korn (28-31 Oct); CAPT Albert H. Potter (from 1 Nov)
- 5th Battalion: LTC E. Hayden Price (to 18 Oct); MAJ Noah P. Wood, Jr.
- 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion LTCOL Walter W. Barr:
- 1st Aviation Engineer Battalion MAJ Thomas F. Riley:
- 1st Pioneer Battalion: MAJ James G. Frazer (to 25 Oct); MAJ Henry H. Crockett
- 1st Medical Battalion: CMDR Don S. Knowlton, USN
- 1st Special Weapons Battalion: MAJ Robert B. Luckey (to 6 Oct); MAJ Richard W. Wallace
- 1st Tank Battalion: MAJ Harvey S. Walseth
- Other Marine units
- 3rd Defense Battalion (landed 7 August 1942): COL Robert H. Pepper
- Executive Officer: LTC Harold C. Roberts
- Operations Officer: MAJ Samuel G. Taxis
- 1st Parachute Battalion:2 MAJ Charles A. Miller (to 18 Sept); CAPT Harry Torgerson (19-26 Sept); MAJ Robert H. Williams (from 27 Sept)
- 1st Raider Battalion: COL Merritt A. Edson (to 21 Sept); LTCOL Samuel B. Griffith (22-27 Sept)
- 3rd Defense Battalion (landed 7 August 1942): COL Robert H. Pepper
- 2nd Marine Division3 BG Alphonse DeCarre
- Assistant to Commanding General: COL Leo D. Hermle
- Chief of Staff: COL George F. Stockes
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (D-1): MAJ Lawrence C. Hays Jr.
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (D-2): MAJ Thomas J. Colley
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (D-3): LTC John H. Coffman
- Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (D-4): MAJ George N. Carroll
- Division Special Troops: COL Maurice G. Holmes
- 2nd Marine Regiment: COL John M. Arthur
- Executive Officer: LTC William S. Fellers (to 9 Oct); LTC Cornelius P. Van Ness
- 1st Battalion: LTC Robert E. Hill (to 10 Nov); MAJ Wood B. Kyle
- 2nd Battalion: MAJ Orin K. Pressley
- 3rd Battalion: MAJ Robert G. Hunt
- Executive Officer: LTC William S. Fellers (to 9 Oct); LTC Cornelius P. Van Ness
- 6th Marine Regiment: COL Gilder D. Jackson Jr.
- Executive Officer: LTC Alfred A. Watters (to 15 Dec); LTC Lyman G. Miller
- 1st Battalion: LTC Russell Lloyd
- 2nd Battalion: MAJ Raymond L. Murray
- 3rd Battalion: MAJ William A. Kengla
- 8th Marine Regiment: COL Richard H. Jeschke
- Executive Officer: LTC James P. Riseley
- 1st Battalion: LTC Miles J. Newton (to 22 Nov); MAJ Joseph B. McCaffery
- 2nd Battalion: LTC John H. Cook Jr.
- 3rd Battalion: LTC Augustus H. Fricke
- 10th Marine Regiment: COL Thomas E. Bourke
- Executive Officer: LTC Ralph E. Forsyth
- 1st Battalion: LTC Presley M. Rixey
- 2nd Battalion: MAJ George R. E. Shell
- 3rd Battalion: LTC Manly L. Curry (to 18 Oct; from 28 Nov); LTC Donovan D. Sult (18 Oct-28 Nov)
- 4th Battalion: LTC Kenneth A. Jorgensen
- 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion MAJ Henry C. Drewes:
- 9th Defense Battalion (landed December 1942): COL David R. Nimmer
- Executive Officer: LTC William J. Scheyer
- Operations Officer: CAPT William C. Givens
- 2nd Raider Battalion: LTCOL Evans F. Carlson
- 2nd Special Weapons Battalion: LTCOL Paul D. Sherman
- 2nd Tank Battalion: MAJ Alexander B. Swenceski
Notes:
- The 1st Marine Division was commanded by Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift. The majority of the division arrived on Guadalcanal 7 August. 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and elements of the 1st Pioneer Battalion arrived later in August. 7th Marines and 1st battalion/11th Marines arrived 18 September. The division began withdrawal from the island 12 December.
- Arrived 8 September; departed 18 September.
- The 2nd Marines were attached to the 1st Marine Division for the initial landing on 7 August, although the 1st and 3rd battalions were initially employed on Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo islands. The entire regiment was on Guadalcanal by November. On 4 November the 8th Marines landed, and the remainder of the division followed in December. The division came under the command of Brigadier General Alphonse De Carre.
Army
- 25th Infantry Division1
- 27th Infantry Regiment
- 35th Infantry Regiment
- 161st Infantry Regiment (Washington National Guard)
- 8th Field Artillery Battalion
- 64th Field Artillery Battalion
- 89th Field Artillery Battalion
- 90th Field Artillery Battalion
- 65th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Americal Division2
- 132nd Infantry Regiment (Illinois National Guard)
- 164th Infantry Regiment (North Dakota National Guard)
- 182nd Infantry Regiment (Massachusetts National Guard)
- 221st Field Artillery Battalion
- 245th Field Artillery Battalion
- 246th Field Artillery Battalion
- 247th Field Artillery Battalion
- 57th Engineer Combat Battalion
- 147th Infantry Regiment (Separate) (Ohio National Guard)3
- 97th Field Artillery Battalion
- 214th Coast Artillery (United States)
- 244th Coast Artillery Regiment
Notes:
- The 25th division arrived by 4 January 1943, under the command of Major General Joseph Lawton Collins.
- The 164th arrived 13 October; the 182nd on 12 November, and the division HQ and 132nd on 8 December. The division was under the command of Major General Alexander McCarrell Patch.
- Arrived 4 November.
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