359th Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 September 2002
359th Regiment Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 359th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division
Organized in September 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas
Demobilized 24 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 359th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Dallas, Texas
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas
Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 24 March 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Dallas, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized 1 April 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 90th Infantry Division
Reorganized 15 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 90th Infantry Division
1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 31 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 90th Infantry Division
359th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 359th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 91st Division (Training Support); 1st Battalion concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
359th Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS
1st Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PRETOT, FRANCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORTHERN FRANCE