page_title: Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle
section_title: 1st Marine Division
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle / United States / Marine Corps / 1st Marine Division
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Trung tá Thủy quân Lục chiến Merritt A. Edson (ảnh chụp khi ông đã được thăng lên Thiếu tướng) chỉ huy lực lượng Đồng Minh trong trận chiến đồi Edson
context_page_description: The Guadalcanal Campaign was fought from the initial American landings on 7 August 1942 until the final Japanese evacuation on 9 February 1943. It was the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
context_section_description: Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift
  
  The D-Day (7 August) landings on Guadalcanal were carried out by the 1st and 3rd Battalions/5th Marines at 0910 hours, followed by the 1st Marines at 0930. Landings on the Florida Islands across the sound were carried out earlier that morning by the 2nd Battalion/5th Marines, the 1st Parachute Battalion, and the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. The 7th Marines and 1st Battalion/11th Marines arrived 18 September. The division began withdrawal from the island 12 December.
  Division staff
  Asst. division commander: Brig. Gen. William H. Rupertus
  Chief of staff: Col. William C. James (to 24 Sept); Col. Gerald C. Thomas
  Asst. chief of staff for Personnel (D-1): Col. Robert C. Kilmartin Jr.
  Asst. chief of staff for Intelligence (D-2): Lt. Col. Frank B. Goettge (to 12 Aug); Lt. Col. Edmund J. Buckley
  Asst. chief of staff for Operations (D-3): Col. Gerald C. Thomas (to 24 Sept); Lt. Col. Merrill B. Twining
  Asst. chief of staff for Logistics (D-4): Lt. Col. Randolph M. Pate
  1st Marine Regiment
  Commanding officer: Col. Clifton B. Cates
  Executive officer: Lt. Col. Julian N. Frisbie (to 23 Sept); Lt. Col. Edwin A. Pollock
  1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Leonard B. Cresswell
  2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edwin A. Pollock (to 23 Sept); Lt. Col. William W. Stickney
  3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. William N. McKelvy Jr.
  5th Marine Regiment
  Commanding officer: Col. Leroy P. Hunt (to 21 Sept); Col. Merritt A. Edson
  Executive officer: Col. William J. Whaling (to 25 Sept); Lt. Col. Walker A. Reaves (to 12 Oct); Lt. Col. William S. Fellers
  1st Battalion: Lt. Col. William E. Maxwell (to 30 Aug); Maj. Donald W. Fuller (to 13 Oct); Maj. William K. Enright
  2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Harold E. Rosecrans (to 11 Sept); Capt. Joseph J. Dudkowski (1-17, 25-30 Sept); Lt. Col. 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: Lt. Col. Frederick C. Biebush (to 22 Sept); Maj. Robert O. Bowen
  7th Marine Regiment
  Commanding officer: Col. James W. Webb (to 20 Sept); Col. Amor L. Sims
  Executive officer: Col. Amor L. Sims (to 20 Sept); Lt. Col. Julian N. Frisbie
  1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
  2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Herman H. Hanneken
  3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edwin J. Farrell (to 24 Sept); Lt. Col. William R. Williams
  11th Marine Regiment (Artillery)
  Commanding officer: Col. Pedro del Valle
  Executive officer: Lt. Col. John A. Bemis (to 17 Oct); Lt. Col. Robert B. Luckey (to 28 Nov); Lt. Col. Thomas B. Hughes
  1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Joseph R. Knowlan (to 19 Oct); Lt. Col. Manley L. Curry (to 28 Nov); Lt. Col. Donovan D. Sult (to 2 Dec)
  2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. Edward G. Hagen (to 14 Sept); Maj. Forest C. Thompson
  3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. James J. Keating
  4th Battalion: Lt. Col. 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: Lt. Col. E. Hayden Price (to 18 Oct); Maj. Noah P. Wood, Jr.
  Other Marine units
  3rd Defense Battalion (landed 7 August 1942): Col. Robert H. Pepper
  Executive officer: Lt. Col. Harold C. Roberts
  Operations officer: Maj. Samuel G. Taxis
  1st Parachute Battalion: 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); Lt. Col. Samuel B. Griffith (22-27 Sept)
  1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion Lt. Col. 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
caption: M. A. Edson as a major general
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