Draft:335th Infantry Regiment (United States)

335th Infantry Regiment (United States)[edit]
The 335th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. There are two active battalions in the 335th Infantry Regiment. The 1st Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the active-duty United States Army. The battalion is comprised of observer, controller, trainer teams (OC/T) teams that support various Army National Guard units across the midwest. The battalion is currently stationed at Camp Atterbury, Indiana under 157th Infantry Brigade. The brigade's higher headquarters are First Army Division East and First Army. The 3rd Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment is a Training Support Battalion located in Fort Sheridan, Illinois and is a part of the US Army Reserves and the 85th Infantry Division (United States).

Unit Lineage[edit]

 * Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division.
 * Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
 * Demobilized 18 February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
 * Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 335th Infantry and assigned to the 84th Division (later redesignated as the 84th Airborne Division).
 * Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Muncie, Indiana.
 * Ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas
 * Inactivated 23 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
 * Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 335th Parachute Infantry.
 * Activated 13 August 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois.
 * (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve).
 * Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 335th Airborne Infantry.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 335th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 84th Airborne Division and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 335th Regiment, an element of the 85th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois.
 * Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training).
 * (1st Battalion ordered into active military service 25 January 1991 at Granite City, Illinois; released from active military service 21 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status).
 * Reorganized 1-15 October 1993 to consist of the 2d and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Exercise).
 * Reorganized 17 October 1999 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 85th Division (Training Support); 1st and 2d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army.
 * Elements ordered into active military service in support of the War on Terrorism.
 * Relieved 1 April 2007 from assignment to the 85th Division.

Campaign Participations[edit]

 * World War I: Streamer without inscription


 * World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations[edit]
3d Battalion entitled to:


 * Army Superior Unit Award for 2003-2004


 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for BELGIUM

References[edit]

 * 1) ^ Jump up to:a b c "U.S. Army Center of Military History".