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183d Infantry Regiment

A century of division assignments

1916–2026 · Regimental service, battle groups, battalions and deployments.

183d Infantry Regiment unit graphic
183d Infantry Regiment
First division shown29th Infantry Division9 Mar 1922
Separate unit histories1 documented elementsDated lineages and service notes below
Page cutoff8 September 2026Last-documented status is explicitly marked

One regiment, separate assignments

The common row follows the regiment. After its reorganization, battle groups and battalions could hold different assignments at the same time. A deployment or temporary attachment does not by itself change the assigned division. Battalion rows follow headquarters lineages, often descended from lettered companies, rather than assuming that the old regimental battalions continued unchanged.

Virginia’s 183d Infantry was renamed the 1st Infantry in 1929 and the 176th Infantry in 1941. Later RSTA cavalry service is identified as cavalry, not a second infantry regiment with invented battalions.

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No deployment with sufficiently established dates is plotted for this regiment. Read the assignment cards and service notes for its garrison, training and successor-unit history.

Assignment ends are exclusive: the next period starts on that date. *Striped final bars mean last documented, with later status unverified through the page cutoff. Unknown intervals are not treated as inactive.

  1. 1 Jan 1916 – 9 Mar 1922

    183d Infantry Regiment

    Assignment not established

    The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred.

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  2. 9 Mar 1922 – 22 Feb 1929

    183d Infantry Regiment

    29th Infantry Division

    Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.

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  3. 22 Feb 1929 – 1 Jan 1941

    183d Infantry Regiment

    Redesignated as 1st Virginia Infantry

    Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.

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  4. 1 Jan 1941 – page cutoff*

    183d Infantry Regiment

    Last documented: Redesignated as 176th Infantry · Approximate period

    Approximate evidence window: the cited history records this wartime affiliation, but these displayed boundaries are not effective-date assignment orders. The date lookup identifies evidence within this window, not confirmed membership on each day. The source establishes this last recorded status, not uninterrupted service through 2026. The striped bar extends to the page cutoff to keep the later research gap visible.

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  5. 11 Feb 2006 – page cutoff*

    2d Squadron, 183d Cavalry · Cavalry organization

    Last documented: Other branch / predecessor service

    Lineage service in another branch or under a predecessor designation. This interval is not plotted as an infantry maneuver-division assignment. The source establishes this last recorded status, not uninterrupted service through 2026. The striped bar extends to the page cutoff to keep the later research gap visible.

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Sources and scope

Army Center of Military History lineage certificates, regimental associations and secondary histories document assignments, operations and battalions. Exact lineage dates and approximate historical coverage are distinguished. Where the evidence stops, the page says so. A page cutoff is not a claim that every unit directory was current on that date.

Earlier battalions are covered by common regimental service; separately dated lineages and substantiated later battalions receive their own rows or notes. A unit graphic alone is not evidence of a battalion assignment. Reserve, training and inactive organizations are distinguished from active combat units.

  1. 183d Infantry Regiment history (Wikipedia; secondary)

Patch artwork

Unmodified artwork from Wikimedia Commons; individual file pages identify the artist and license. Insignia represent the divisions, not regimental affiliation badges.