✦ History

Part of Mexican Revolution

Pancho Villa Expedition

February 7, 1917

US Army troops under General Pershing crossed into Mexico to hunt Pancho Villa's forces after his raid on Columbus, New Mexico. They failed to capture Villa and withdrew in early 1917.

Contemporaries

United States

División del Norte

Other

United States
División del Norte
Woodrow Wilson belligerent leader John J. Pershing military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
65
Wounded
67
Captured
24
Missing
3

Units

United States Army United States Army Corps of Engineers 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 14th Infantry Regiment (United States) 158th Infantry Regiment (United States) 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 5th Cavalry Regiment 8th Cavalry Regiment United States Air Force
24th Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment (United States) 7th Cavalry Regiment

Also involved 1