395th Regiment Lineage


Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division

Demobilized 30 November 1918

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 395th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division (later redesignated as the 99th Infantry Division)

Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Franklin, Pennsylvania

Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi

Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

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

Relieved 29 October 1998 from assignment to the 99th Infantry Division

Redesignated 17 October 1999 as the 395th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 75th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army


395th Regiment Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


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


Decorations


Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Siegfried Line

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest

2d Battalion additionally entitled to:

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

3d Battalion additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes