Division Muster List

The Division Muster List is not an official unit roster or a master list of every person who served in the 103rd Infantry Division during World War II. All World War II rosters for units between 1944 and 1946 were destroyed after the war following wartime protocols. Additionally (and tragically), in 1973 approximately 16-18 million official U.S. military personnel files were destroyed in a fire at the National Archives and Records Administration in St. Louis. While many of these records are still accessible using NARA’s Access to Archival Databases (AAD), some were permanently lost and the military service of those individuals can only be reconstructed using Morning Reports or other military records. Since there is no official unit roster for the 103rd, this Division Muster List is a reconstruction.

Because this list is a reconstruction of the division’s roster rather than an original, we have chosen to title this document the “Division Muster List” to indicate that it is a reconstruction. This is our best representation of a rooster for the division, but it is not an comprehensive list. The list was, in large part, created by members of the 103d INF DIV WWII ASSN from Morning Report data and other military records. It was labeled the “Morning Report Index” on the Association’s original website. Morning Reports were especially useful because they documented daily personnel status changes, which means that most soldiers who served with the 103rd were listed on the reports. However, there were soldiers who served in the division that were never listed on a Morning Report and thus are not listed on the list—even though they definitively served in the division.

The current Division Muster List contains additional names (beyond the original Morning Reports Index of the Association) that have been confirmed through original military documentation. If you have a family member who is not listed on the Division Muster List who was a member of the 103rd Infantry Division and would like them added to the list, contact the web team via the link at the bottom of the page. Once we have official military documentation to prove service in the division, that individual will be added to the Division Muster List.

Using the List:

The Muster List includes every individual’s last and first name, Army Service Number (ASN), unit assignment (i.e. 409th Infantry Regiment), and specific company. Some of the names in the document are color coded; colors mean the following:

Red Font- Difficult to read or unable to confirm the name, listed twice due to conflicted ASN, etc.

Green Font- Confirmed name or spelling through the National Archives records or the individual was listed on a casualty report.

Purple Font- Name was found in a different company's muster roll rather than the individual’s correct company.

Magenta Font- Individual has two different ASN's (as the Muster List states, this is likely due to an event like a commissioning).

It should also be noted that in some cases (such as a transfer from one company to another), some soldiers might be listed twice under different companies, but still have the same ASN.