Lineages and Honors Information
Regiments
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2018
291st Regiment
- Constituted 24 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 291st Infantry and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division
- Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Inactivated 26 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation
- Allotted 21 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Relieved 1 March 1952 from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division and assigned to the 95th Infantry Division
- Activated 15 April 1952 with Headquarters at Tulsa, Oklahoma
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Relieved 1 January 1955 from assignment to the 95th Infantry Division and assigned to the 75th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 31 January 1955 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Relieved 2 March 1959 from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division and redesignated as the 291st Regiment
- Activated 1 April 1959 as an element of the 95th Division (Training) with Headquarters at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 95th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 16 October 1978 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 95th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 95th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 16 October 1996 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 95th Division (Training)
- 1st Battalion inactivated 15 April 1997 and relieved from assignment to the 95th Division (Training)
- 291st Regiment reorganized 17 October 1999 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
- Regiment reorganized 1 December 2006 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved from assignment to the 75th Division (Training Support)
- Reorganized 1 October 2012 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- 1st Battalion entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 2d Battalion entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2004
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History