64th Cavalry Division (United States)

64th Cavalry Division
Active	1917 - 1941

The 64th Cavalry Division of the United States Army Organized Reserve was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession of the Regular Army Divisions, which were not all active at its creation.

The 64th Cavalry Division was dispersed across the United States. The division was composed of personnel from Kentucky, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Organization

Standard organization chart for a Cavalry Division in November 1940

• Headquarters & Headquarters Troop
• 157th Brigade
  • 313th Cavalry Regiment
  • 314th Cavalry Regiment
• 158th Brigade
  • 315th Cavalry Regiment
  • 316th Cavalry Regiment
• 864th Field Artillery Regiment
• 464th Tank Company
• 64th Signal Troop
• 584th Ordnance Company
• 464th Quartermaster Squadron
• 464th Armored Car Squadron
• 404th Engineer Squadron
• 364th Medical Squadron

References

• U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919–41 by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steven E. Clay, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2011
• Maneuver and Firepower, The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, by John B. Wilson, Center of Military History, Washington D.C., 1998
• Cavalry Regiments of the U S Army by James A. Sawicki Wyvern Pubns; June 1985