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290th Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 January 2001

290th Regiment Lineage

Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 290th Infantry and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division

Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Inactivated 18 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Allotted 21 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 1 March 1952 with Headquarters at Huntsville, Texas

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 24 June 1954 at Huntsville, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 1993 as the 290th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army

290th Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

None


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