Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 June 2014
311th Regiment
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 311th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division
- Organized 15 September 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Demobilized 30 May - 5 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 311th Infantry and assigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division)
- Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Trenton, New Jersey
- Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany
- Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- (Location of Headquarters changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; changed 16 April 1956 to Montclair, New Jersey)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 311th Regiment, an element of the 78th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Montclair, New Jersey
- (Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1961 to Morris Township, New Jersey)
- Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training)
- Reorganized 1 October 1993 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training Support)
- Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism
- Reorganized 15 April 2006 to consist of the 1st, and 2d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training Support)
- (1st and 2d Battalion relieved 1 April 2007 from assignment to the 78th Division [Training Support])
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
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- 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:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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