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518th Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 June 2006

518th Regiment Lineage

Constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 518th Parachute Infantry and assigned to the 108th Airborne Division

Activated 6 August 1946 with Headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina

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

Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1951 as the 518th Airborne Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 518th Infantry, an element of the 108th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1959 as the 518th Regiment, an element of the 108th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina

Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division (Training)

Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division (Institutional Training)

Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division (Institutional Training)

Reorganized 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division (Institutional Training)

518th Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

None

 

Decorations

None


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