Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2016
337th Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division
- Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan
- Demobilized 23 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division)
- Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division
- Activated 3 January 1947 with Headquarters at Minneapolis, Minnesota
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- (Location of Headquarters changed 31 December 1949 to Chicago, Illinois; changed 1 August 1955 to Waukegan, Illinois)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 337th Regiment, an element of the 85th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Waukegan, Illinois
- Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 1 May 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 1 October 1993 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
- Regiment reorganized 1 April 2007 as parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 85th Division (Training Support)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
Decorations
- 1st and 3d Battalions entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 2d Battalion entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2006
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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