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335th Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 December 2009

335th Regiment Lineage

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division

Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky

Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division (later redesignated as the 84th Airborne Division)

Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Muncie, Indiana

Ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas

Inactivated 23 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 335th Parachute Infantry

Activated 13 August 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 335th Airborne Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 335th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 84th Airborne Division and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 335th Regiment, an element of the 85th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois

Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training)

(1st Battalion ordered into active military service 25 January 1991 at Granite City, Illinois; released from active military service 21 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status)

Reorganized 1-15 October 1993 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training Support); 1st and 2d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army

Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism

Relieved 1 April 2007 from assignment to the 85th Division

335th Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Streamer without inscription

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

Decorations

3d Battalion entitled to:

    Army Superior Unit Award for 2003-2004

    French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for BELGIUM


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