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358th Regiment

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358th Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division

Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas

Demobilized 22 June 1919 at Camp Pike, Arkansas

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 358th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division)

Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas

Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas

Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Activated 30 January 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas

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

(Location of Headquarters changed 31 January 1955 to College Station, Texas; changed 3 November 1958 to Bryan, Texas)

Reorganized 1 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 90th Infantry Division

Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 90th Infantry Division

1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division

358th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 358th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army


358th Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe


Decorations


French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS

1st Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES

3d Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MAHLMAN LINE

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