U.S. 79th Infantry Division - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 79th Infantry Division ("Cross of Lorraine" was a unit of the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

in World War I and World War II.

Activated: August 1917
Overseas: July 1918
Major Operations: Meuse-Argonne
Casualties
United States casualties of war
Military casualties suffered by the United States of America in war or deployments-Overview:- Wars ranked by total American deaths :"Deaths per day" are the total number of US military deaths, divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities, or until 25...

: Total-6,874 (KIA-1,151 ; WIA-5,723)
Commanders: Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn (25 August 1917), Brig. Gen. W. J.