320th Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2005
320th Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 320th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized August - September 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 320th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Washington, D.C.
Relieved 12 February 1942 from assignment to the 80th Division
Withdrawn 2 April 1943 from the Organized Reserves and consolidated with the 320th Infantry (constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division; activated 26 January 1943 at San Luis Obispo, California)
Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 35th Infantry Division
Allotted 3 May 1954 to the Regular Army
Withdrawn 12 February 1959 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently redesignated as the 320th Regiment
Activated 6 March 1959 as an element of the 80th Division (Training) with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia
Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training)
1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions inactivated 31 August 1973 and relieved from assignment to the 80th Division (Training)
Regiment reorganized 17 November 1982 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 80th Division (Training)
Reorganized 16 October 1984 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training)
Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
320th Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Somme Offensive; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
1st Battalion entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MORTAIN
French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, for MORTAIN