U.S. 10th Infantry Regiment
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The 10th Infantry Regiment is a regiment
in the United States Army
first formed in 1855.
Organized in April 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
, Pennsylvania
Consolidated June–July 1869 with the 26th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division
Relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division
(2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 16 December 1921 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
; activated 7 June 1922 at Camp Knox
, Kentucky)
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)
(1st Battalion inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
, Ohio)
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in June 1862 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as the 26th Infantry
Consolidated June–July 1869 with the 10th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
Organized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 10 June 1869 with Company A, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell
, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated or organized from existing units)
Inactivated 25 April 1961 at Fort Ord, California
Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Assigned 19 February 1962 to the 5th Infantry Division
Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 16 June 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood
, Missouri
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in July 1862 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company A, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 10 June 1869 with Company A, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 10th Infantry
Organized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 23 June 1869 with Company B, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord
, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, assigned to the 10th Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
(organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning
, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division
Activated 23 April 1960 in the Canal Zone
Reorganized and redesignated 19 February 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 10th Infantry, and assigned to the 5th Infantry Division
Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 21 March 1973 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood
, Missouri
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in October 1862 at Fort Preble
, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company B, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 23 June 1869 with Company B, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 10th Infantry
Organized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 25 July 1869 with Company C, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Redesignated 19 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 83d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 20 March 1959 with Headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio (Headquarters and Headquarters Company concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry [see ANNEX 2], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 3d Battalion, 10th Infantry
Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Cleveland, Ohio
Withdrawn 10 May 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 83d Infantry Division and assigned to the 5th Infantry Division
Activated 26 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 21 November 1976 at Fort Polk
, Louisiana
Inactivated 1 August 1984 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
ANNEX 1
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company C, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in April 1863 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company C, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 25 July 1869 with Company C, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 10th Infantry
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, an element of the 83d Division
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Demobilized 9 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry, an element of the 83d Division (later redesignated as the 83d Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 at Cleveland, Ohio
Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Atterbury
, Indiana
Inactivated 30 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer
, New Jersey
Activated 26 December 1946 at Columbus, Ohio
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the U.S. Army Reserve)
Consolidated 20 March 1959 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry
Reconstituted in Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri to provide basic training for new recruits.
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in the United States Army
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first formed in 1855.
Regiment
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the 10th InfantryOrganized in April 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and is the site of the U.S. Army War College...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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Consolidated June–July 1869 with the 26th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division
Relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division
(2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 16 December 1921 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Camp Sherman, Ohio
Camp Sherman is an Ohio Army National Guard training site near Chillicothe, Ohio. It was established in 1917 after the U.S. entered World War I and today serves as a training site for National Guard soldiers. In 2009 the remaining National Guard facility was renamed Camp Sherman Joint Training...
; activated 7 June 1922 at Camp Knox
Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet...
, Kentucky)
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)
(1st Battalion inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
Fort Hayes
Fort Hayes, a military post in Columbus, Ohio, United States, was created by an act of the United States Congress in 1877. As of 2007, the property is primarily used for the Columbus School District's Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center and bus depot. Currently, the 391st Military Police...
, Ohio)
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in June 1862 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as the 26th Infantry
Consolidated June–July 1869 with the 10th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
1st Battalion
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company A, 10th InfantryOrganized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and is the site of the U.S. Army War College...
, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 10 June 1869 with Company A, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post. The population was 16,325 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Campbell County and it is officially part of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan...
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
Fort Hayes
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, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell
Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...
, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. A portion of the installation is located in eastern Dauphin County...
, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated or organized from existing units)
Inactivated 25 April 1961 at Fort Ord, California
Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Assigned 19 February 1962 to the 5th Infantry Division
Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 16 June 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood (military base)
Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood, former Chief of Staff, in January 1941...
, Missouri
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in July 1862 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company A, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 10 June 1869 with Company A, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 10th Infantry
2nd Battalion
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company B, 10th InfantryOrganized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and is the site of the U.S. Army War College...
, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 23 June 1869 with Company B, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post. The population was 16,325 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Campbell County and it is officially part of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan...
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes
Fort Hayes
Fort Hayes, a military post in Columbus, Ohio, United States, was created by an act of the United States Congress in 1877. As of 2007, the property is primarily used for the Columbus School District's Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center and bus depot. Currently, the 391st Military Police...
, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord
Fort Ord
Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay in California. It was established in 1917 as a maneuver area and field artillery target range and was closed in September 1994. Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California...
, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, assigned to the 10th Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
(organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division
Activated 23 April 1960 in the Canal Zone
Reorganized and redesignated 19 February 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 10th Infantry, and assigned to the 5th Infantry Division
Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 21 March 1973 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood (military base)
Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood, former Chief of Staff, in January 1941...
, Missouri
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in October 1862 at Fort Preble
Fort Preble
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, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company B, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 23 June 1869 with Company B, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 10th Infantry
3rd Battalion
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company C, 10th InfantryOrganized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Consolidated 25 July 1869 with Company C, 26th Infantry (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 10th Infantry
(10th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division; relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division [later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes, Ohio
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Redesignated 19 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 83d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 20 March 1959 with Headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio (Headquarters and Headquarters Company concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry [see ANNEX 2], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 3d Battalion, 10th Infantry
Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
Withdrawn 10 May 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 83d Infantry Division and assigned to the 5th Infantry Division
Activated 26 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 21 November 1976 at Fort Polk
Fort Polk
Fort Polk is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, approximately 7 miles east of Leesville, Louisiana and 20 miles north of DeRidder, Louisiana....
, Louisiana
Inactivated 1 August 1984 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Established 1 July 1973, the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command is an army command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces, the development of operational doctrine, and the development and procurement of...
and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
ANNEX 1
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company C, 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in April 1863 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as Company C, 26th Infantry
Consolidated 25 July 1869 with Company C, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 10th Infantry
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry Regiment, an element of the 83d Division
Organized 30 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Demobilized 9 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 331st Infantry, an element of the 83d Division (later redesignated as the 83d Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 at Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Atterbury
Camp Atterbury
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, Indiana
Inactivated 30 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer
Camp Kilmer
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, New Jersey
Activated 26 December 1946 at Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
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(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the U.S. Army Reserve)
Consolidated 20 March 1959 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 10th Infantry
Reconstituted in Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood (military base)
Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood, former Chief of Staff, in January 1941...
Missouri to provide basic training for new recruits.
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