349th Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2002
349th Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 349th Infantry and assigned to the 88th Division
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Dodge, Iowa
Demobilized 12 June 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 349th Infantry and assigned to the 88th Division (later redesignated as the 88th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Davenport, Iowa
Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Inactivated 7 October 1947 in Italy
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Withdrawn 19 November 1954 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 88th Infantry Division
(1st and 2d Battalions activated 20 November 1954 in Italy; inactivated 31 July 1955 in Austria)
Withdrawn 29 October 1998 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Redesignated 17 October 1999 as the 349th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support)
349th Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Alsace 1918
World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for CENTRAL ITALY