187th Infantry Regiment Battalions
Modern Era, United States, Infantry
This page collects the existing battalion illustrations and additional documented historical battalions of the 187th Infantry Regiment. The historical entries include inactive units and earlier designations; the regimental image identifies entries without a battalion-specific illustration.
1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
This entry now anchors the battalion page in the regiment's origin or defining early identity, giving the 1st Battalion slot a more specific historical frame than the first scaffold pass.
The 187th Infantry Regiment survives as a preserved regiment designation within the Army's lineage-and-honors system.
2d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
The 2d Battalion entry uses the regiment's middle or operational arc to give the page a clearer sense of how the parent unit developed over time.
Its continued recognition reflects the Army's effort to sustain historic unit identities across multiple generations of change.
3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
The 3d Battalion entry now carries the regiment into its later or enduring modern identity, tightening the page around the way the lineage is remembered in the modern Army.
The 187th Infantry remains part of the Army's cumulative historical record.
4th Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
The 4th Battalion was activated in 1983 and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell.
It was reflagged as the 2d Battalion during the regiment's 1987 realignment. Regimental history (Wikipedia).
5th Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
The 5th Battalion was activated in 1984 and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell.
It was reflagged as the 1st Battalion during the regiment's 1987 realignment. Regimental history (Wikipedia).
Research note: The added historical entries cite their sources individually. Regimental illustrations are labeled as such. An earlier battalion designation can continue through another battalion or a separate battery; these relationships are identified in the entries. The original three entries are retained; the additional entries do not treat regimental campaign credits as evidence that every battalion fought in those campaigns.
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