314th Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 314th Infantry and assigned to the 79th Division

Organized in August 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland

Demobilized 29 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 314th Infantry and assigned to the 79th Division (later redesignated as the 79th Infantry Division)

Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Reading, Pennsylvania

Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Camp Pickett, Virginia

Inactivated 15 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Activated 2 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Reorganized 6 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 79th Infantry Division

Reorganized 7 January 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 157th Infantry Brigade


1st Battalion inactivated 1 September 1995 and relieved from assignment to the 157th Infantry Brigade

314th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 314th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army


314th Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War I: Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe


Decorations


French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY TO PARIS

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for PARROY FOREST

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Fourragere



1st Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LA HAYE DU PUITS

2d Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for FORT DU ROULE

3d Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MEURTHE RIVER