Lineages and Honors Information
Regiments
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 January 2018
395th Regiment
- Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division
- Demobilized 30 November 1918
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division (later redesignated as the 99th Infantry Division)
- Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania
- Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
- Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Relieved 29 October 1998 from assignment to the 99th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 17 October 1999 as the 395th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
- Regiment reorganized 2 November 2008 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 75th Division (Training Support)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried Line
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
- 1st Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 2d Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- 3d Battalion additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History