Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2013
345th REGIMENT
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 345th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division
- Organized 1 September 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas
- Demobilized 18 January - 10 March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York, and Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 345th Infantry and assigned to the 87th Division (later redesignated as the 87th Infantry Division)
- Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Birmingham, Alabama
- Ordered into active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp McCain, Mississippi
- Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Activated 9 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Chattanooga, Tennessee
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Relieved 1 March 1952 from assignment to the 87th Infantry Division and assigned to the 81st Infantry Division
- (Location of Headquarters changed 31 March 1953 to Nashville, Tennessee)
- Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 81st Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 81st Infantry Division
- 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 81st Infantry Division
- 345th Infantry withdrawn 1 October 1993 from the Combat Arms Regimental System; concurrently redesignated as the 345th Regiment and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
- (2d and 3d Battalions released 1 April 2007 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
- (1st Battalion released 15 December 2007 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
DECORATIONS
- 1st and 3d Battalions entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
- 2d Battalion entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OLZHEIM
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2004
- 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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