361st Regiment

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361st Regiment Lineage


Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 361st Infantry and assigned to the 91st Division

Organized 4-6 September 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington

Demobilized 22-30 April 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 361st Infantry and assigned to the 91st Division (later redesignated as the 91st Infantry Division)

Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Sacramento, California

Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon

Inactivated 13 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama

Activated 25 March 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at San Francisco, California

(Location of Headquarters changed 22 January 1948 to Oakland, California; changed 1 October 1957 to San Pablo, California)

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

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 361st Regiment, an element of the 91st Division (Training), with Headquarters at San Pablo, California


Reorganized 20 January - 29 February 1968 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training)

Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training)

Reorganized 17 October 1986 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training)

Reorganized 1-15 October 1993 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Exercise)

Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 91st Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army


361st Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War I: Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918

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


Decorations


2d Battalion entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BOLOGNA, ITALY

3d Battalion entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LIVERGNANO, ITALY
  
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