Lineages and Honors Information
Regiments
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 April 2018
346th Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 346th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division
- Organized 4 September 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas
- Demobilized 6-8 April 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey; Camp Upton, New York; and Camp Devens, Massachusetts
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 346th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division (later redesignated as the 87th Infantry Division)
- Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Selma, Alabama
- Ordered into active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp McCain, Mississippi
- Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Activated 1 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- (Location of Headquarters changed 9 November 1948 to Jackson, Mississippi)
- Inactivated 31 March 1955 at Jackson, Mississippi, and relieved from assignment to the 87th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 1993 as the 346th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
- Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism
- (1st Battalion relieved 1 December 2006 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
- Regiment reorganized 1 April 2007 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 2d and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 87th Division (Training Support)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions each entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History