Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2015
325th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 325th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division
- Organized 1 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Demobilized 18-25 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 325th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)
- Organized in January 1922 with Headquarters at Albany, Georgia
- Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 325th Glider Infantry
- (3d Battalion consolidated 6 April 1945 with the 2d Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry [see ANNEX], and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry)
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as the 325th Infantry
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
- Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1948 as the 325th Airborne Infantry
- Relieved 1 September 1957 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and reorganized as the 325th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 1 July 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 325th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 2d Battalion, 401st Infantry, an element of the 101st Division
- Demobilized 30 November 1918
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 2d Battalion, 401st Infantry, an element of the 101st Division
- Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Disbanded 1 March 1945 in France
- Reconstituted 6 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry, an element of the 82d Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Sicily
- Naples-Foggia
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Panama (with arrowhead)
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- Kosovo
- Kosovo Defense
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Iraq:
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SALERNO
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2003-2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE JAN-FEB 2005
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE MAY-SEP 2005
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ 2006
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1987-1988
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1996
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2010
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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