196th Infantry Regiment
Assignment not established
The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred.
First division shownNot establishedSee source notes
Separate unit histories0 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.
The 196th Infantry was a separate regimental combat team after World War II. Its earlier lineage includes artillery and engineers. The 196th Regiment later became a Regional Training Institute.
Division patches
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Representative division patches. Patterns could change over time; an image does not imply that the exact version was worn throughout every period. Divisions without a verified asset remain identified by name.
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Assignments across time
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- Division assignment
- 1st Infantry
- 2d Infantry
- 8th Infantry
- Separate headquarters
- Training / academy
- Inactive
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Division timeline
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1 Jan 1916 – 3 Oct 1917
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3 Oct 1917 – 24 Jun 1946
196th Infantry Regiment
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.
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24 Jun 1946 – 1 Sep 1947
196th Infantry Regiment
Inactive
The unit or its headquarters lineage was inactive. This status does not imply that every inherited honor or divisional affiliation was erased.
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1 Sep 1947 – 14 Sep 1956
196th Infantry Regiment
No assigned division
The cited record establishes service outside an assigned division. Higher headquarters and temporary operational attachments could still direct the unit.
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14 Sep 1956 – 1 Jan 1986
196th Infantry Regiment
Inactive
The unit or its headquarters lineage was inactive. This status does not imply that every inherited honor or divisional affiliation was erased.
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1 Jan 1986 – 1 Jan 1987
196th 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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1 Jan 1987 – page cutoff*
196th Infantry Regiment
Last documented: Training · No assigned division · 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.
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.
Patch artwork
Unmodified artwork from Wikimedia Commons; individual file pages identify the artist and license. Insignia represent the divisions, not regimental affiliation badges.