Per TO&E 7-17 (Infantry Rifle Company), dated 26 February 1944, the rifle squad was, on paper, composed of the following;

Men:

Quantity	SSN	Rank	Role
1r	745	Staff Sergeant	Squad leader
1gr	745	Sergeant	Squad leader, assistant
7r(2gr)	745	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman
1b	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman, automatic
1r	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman, automatic, assistant
1r	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Ammunition bearer

Equipment:

Equipment	Quantity
Launcher, grenade, M7	3
Rifle, Browning, automatic, cal. .30, M1918A2	1
Rifle, U.S., cal. .30, M1	11

• b: Armed with rifle, automatic, cal. .30

• g: Armed with launcher, grenade, M7

• r: Armed with rifle, cal. .30, M1

Prior to the introduction of the M7 grenade launcher (late 1943) and the "rank boost" for NCOs, (the 26 February 1944 revision of TO&E 7-17) the rifle squad TO&E was as follows;

Men:

Quantity	SSN	Rank	Role
1r	745	Sergeant	Squad leader
1gs	745	Corporal	Squad leader, assistant
7r	745	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman
1b	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman, automatic
1r	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Rifleman, automatic, assistant
1r	746	Pvt./Pfc.	Ammunition bearer

Equipment:

Equipment	Quantity
Launcher, grenade, M1	1
Rifle, Browning, automatic, cal. .30, M1918A2	1
Rifle, U.S., cal. .30, M1	10
Rifle, U.S., cal. .30, M1903A3	1

• b: Armed with rifle, automatic, cal. .30

• g: Armed with launcher, grenade, M1

• r: Armed with rifle, cal. .30, M1

• s: Armed with rifle, cal. .30 M1903A3

Hand tools were allocated to the squad as follows;

Tool	Allocation
M1910 or M1943 shovel	7 per 10 enlisted men
M1910 pick-mattock	2 per 10 enlisted men
M1910 hand axe	1 per 10 enlisted men
M1938 wire cutters	2 per 10 enlisted men

Sources:

US Army Infantry Divisions 1944–45, by John Sayen

World War II US Army Combat Equipments, by Gordon L. Rottman