Lineages and Honors Information
Regiments
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2018
309th Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 309th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division
- Organized 29 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Demobilized 30 May - 6 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey, and Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 309th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division)
- Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Camden, New Jersey
- Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany
- Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Camden, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- (Location of Headquarters changed 1 December 1951 to Trenton, New Jersey; changed 15 April 1958 to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 309th Regiment, an element of the 78th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training)
- (3d Battalion ordered into active military service 25 January 1991 at Northfield, New Jersey; released from active military service 31 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status)
- Reorganized 1 October 1993 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training Support)
- Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism
- Regiment reorganized 1 April 2007 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 78th Division (Training Support)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- 1st Battalion entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SCHWAMMENAUEL DAM
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 2d Battalion entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 3d Battalion 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