198th 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 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. The common row closes on 9 Feb 1943; later service belongs to the separate element rows. Battalion rows follow headquarters lineages, often descended from lettered companies, rather than assuming that the old regimental battalions continued unchanged.
The Alaska infantry organization is distinct from the 198th Infantry Brigade and Delaware’s coast-artillery/signal lineages. The 1st Battalion became the 206th Infantry Battalion in January 1944.
Division patches
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Assignments across time
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Division timeline
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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.
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1 Jan 1916 – 9 Feb 1943
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9 Feb 1943 – 26 Jan 1944
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
No assigned division
The cited record establishes service outside an assigned division. Higher headquarters and temporary operational attachments could still direct the unit.
Deployments & overseas operations
1943
Aleutian Islands
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / campaign service
The 1st Battalion, formed from the 71st Infantry, garrisoned the Aleutians before becoming the 206th Infantry Battalion.
Source
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26 Jan 1944 – page cutoff*
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Last documented: Redesignated as 206th Infantry Battalion
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage. 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.