337th Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division

Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Demobilized 23 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division)

Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Grand Rapids, Michigan

Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 337th Infantry and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division

Activated 3 January 1947 with Headquarters at Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

(Location of Headquarters changed 31 December 1949 to Chicago, Illinois; changed 1 August 1955 to Waukegan, Illinois)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 337th Regiment, an element of the 85th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Waukegan, Illinois

Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training)

Reorganized 1 May 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training)

Reorganized 1 October 1993 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army


337th Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War I: Streamer without inscription

World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley


Decorations


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