Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
327th Infantry Regiment
(Bastogne Bulldogs)
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 327th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division
- Organized 17 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 327th Infantry and assigned to the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)
- Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Greenville, South Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 327th Glider Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 82d Division and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
- (3d Battalion consolidated 6 April 1945 with the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry [see ANNEX], and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry)
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
- Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 516th Airborne Infantry
- Withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- (1st Battalion inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky)
- Regiment (less 1st Battalion) inactivated 22 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Regiment activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Relieved 27 April 1954 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
- Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 327th Airborne Infantry and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
- Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 327th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 21 January 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 327th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 1st Battalion, 401st Infantry, an element of the 101st Division
- Demobilized 30 November 1918
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 1st 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 1st 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 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO, VIETNAM 1966
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TRUNG LUONG
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AN NAJAF, IRAQ
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in FRANCE AND BELGIUM
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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