XIX Corps (United States)

XIX Corps
XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1942–1945 1950–1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Corps
Anniversaries	14 June 1944
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Willis D. Crittenberger Charles H. Corlett Raymond S. McLain

XIX Corps was a corps-sized formation of the United States Army, initially constituted as III Armored Corps at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 7 July 1942 under the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger during World War II. It was activated on 20 August the same year at Camp Polk. It was retitled as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps, on 10 October 1943. It fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front of World War II. Disbanded on 5 September 1945 in France, it was reconstituted on 12 July 1950 in the Army of the United States. It was allotted to the Regular Army in October 1959 and activated on 1 November that year at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. It was inactivated on 1 April 1968 at Fort Chaffee.

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.: John B. Wilson, Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades, Washington: GPO, 1999