38th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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38th Infantry Regiment

Active
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army
Nickname	Rock of the Marne

The 38th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment.

[edit] Lineage

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company A, 38th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
(38th Infantry assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division)
38th Infantry assigned to Fort Douglas, Utah, June 5, 1922 to Summer 1940.^[1]
(38th Infantry relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division and assigned to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division])
Redesignated 8 November 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 38th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Inactivated 4 March 1958
(Organic elements constituted 26 January 1962)
Battle Group assigned 19 February 1962 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry
Inactivated 16 December 1986 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 28 August 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters inactivated 27 April 2006 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Battalion assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

References

^ Fort Douglas Chronology

[edit] Campaign Participation Credit

World War I : Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953