319th Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2005
319th Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 319th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Demobilized June - July 1919 at Camp Upton, New York, and Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 319th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland
Ordered into active military service 16 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Inactivated 18 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 319th Glider Infantry, an element of the 80th Airborne Division
Redesignated 23 September 1946 as the 319th Parachute Infantry
Activated 14 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 26 September 1950 as the 319th Airborne Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 319th Infantry, an element of the 80th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 23 March 1959 as the 319th Regiment, an element of the 80th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Roanoke, Virginia
Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training)
Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 16 October 1996 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 19 October 2001 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
319th Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Somme Offensive; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
1st Battalion entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MOSELLE RIVER