Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 304th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Division

Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts

Demobilized 14-20 January 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated as the 76th Infantry Division)

Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Hartford, Connecticut

Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Disbanded 31 August 1945 in Germany

Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Infantry Division      

Activated 17 December 1946 with Headquarters at Portland, Maine

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

(Location of Headquarters changed 1 May 1951 to Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 304th Regiment, an element of the 76th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training)

Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Institutional Training)

Reorganized 16 October 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training)

Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism

Reorganized 15 September 2006 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training)

(3d Battalion relieved 1 October 2006 from assignment to the 98th Division [Institutional Training])

(1st Battalion relieved 1 October 2007 from assignment to the 98th Division [Institutional Training], and assigned to the 95th Division [Institutional Training])

(3d Battalion assigned 16 January 2008 to the 104th Division [Institutional Training] [redesignated 16 September 2009 as the 104th Training Division])

(1st Battalion relieved 1 October 2008 from assignment to the 95th Division [Institutional Training], and assigned to the 98th Training Division)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War I
                                                       Streamer without inscription

                                                       World War II
                                                       Rhineland
                                                       Ardennes-Alsace
                                                       Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: