347th Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 347th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division

Organized 1 September 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas

Demobilized 22 January - 4 February 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 347th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division (later redesignated as the 87th Infantry Division)

Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Alexandria, Louisiana

Ordered into active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp McCain, Mississippi

Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Activated 30 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida

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

Inactivated 31 March 1955 at Jacksonville, Florida, and relieved from assignment to the 87th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 1993 as the 347th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support)


347th Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War I: Streamer without inscription

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


Decorations


1st Battalion entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for RHINE RIVER