Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 100th Division (Training)

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Constituted 12 July 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 100th Division

Organized in October 1918 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Demobilized 30 November 1918 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 100th Division

Organized 27 September 1921 at Charleston, West Virginia

Location changed 29 February 1924 to Huntington, West Virginia; on 6 August 1937 to Charleston, West Virginia

Redesignated 23 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 100th Division

Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, as Headquarters, 100th Infantry Division

Inactivated 10 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Redesignated 15 October 1946 as Headquarters, 100th Airborne Division

Activated 23 October 1946 at Louisville, Kentucky

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

Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1952 as Headquarters, 100th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 100th Division (Training)

Ordered into active military service 25 September 1961 at Louisville, Kentucky; released 15 August 1962 from active military service and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
100th Division (Training) Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

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

Decorations

None

  
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