32d Infantry Regiment
Not yet constituted / organized
This timeline begins in 1916. The cited organization had not yet been constituted or organized during this interval; its formation follows.
First division shown16th Division (World War I)31 Jul 1918
Separate unit histories3 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 1 Jul 1957; 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.
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- 1st Infantry
- 2d Infantry
- 8th Infantry
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Division timeline
Deployments, operations and credited campaign service appear inside assignment cards. Award years establish credited service, not exact tour dates. Some service notes identify only company-sized elements. This is a sourced selection, not a complete movement log.
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 – 1 Jul 1916
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1 Jul 1916 – 31 Jul 1918
32d 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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31 Jul 1918 – 8 Mar 1919
32d Infantry Regiment
16th Division (World War I)
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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8 Mar 1919 – 1 Nov 1921
32d 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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1 Nov 1921 – 1 Jul 1940
32d 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 Jul 1940 – 1 Jul 1957
32d Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1943
Aleutian Islands
32d Infantry Regiment · Campaign service
Campaign participation is recorded in the cited history. The year label summarizes campaign service, not an exact overseas tour.
Source1944
Eastern Mandates and Leyte
32d Infantry Regiment · Campaign service
Campaign participation is recorded in the cited history. The year label summarizes campaign service, not an exact overseas tour.
Source1945
Ryukyus
32d Infantry Regiment · Campaign service
Campaign participation is recorded in the cited history. The year label summarizes campaign service, not an exact overseas tour.
Source1950-1953
Korean War
32d Infantry Regiment · Campaign service
Campaign participation is recorded in the cited history. The year label summarizes campaign service, not an exact overseas tour.
Source
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1 Jul 1957 – 31 Mar 1971
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
7th Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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31 Mar 1971 – 21 Oct 1978
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
2d Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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21 Oct 1978 – 7 Aug 1980
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
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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7 Aug 1980 – 10 Jun 1987
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
7th Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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10 Jun 1987 – 16 Feb 1996
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
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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16 Feb 1996 – 16 Sep 2004
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
10th Mountain Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
2003-2004
Iraq
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Credited overseas service
The Army lineage lists a unit decoration for service in these years. These are credited service years, not exact deployment and return dates. The labeled service overlaps an assignment change and is listed only once; consult the following assignment cards as well.
Source
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16 Sep 2004 – page cutoff*
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Last documented: 10th Mountain Division
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.
Deployments & overseas operations
2006-2007
Afghanistan
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Credited overseas service
The Army lineage lists a unit decoration for service in these years. These are credited service years, not exact deployment and return dates.
Source2009
Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Credited overseas service
The Army lineage lists a unit decoration for service in these years. These are credited service years, not exact deployment and return dates.
Source2011-2012
Afghanistan
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Operations in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, during Operation Enduring Freedom XI-XII.
Source
Service note · dates incomplete
2d Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Alaska and Fort Ord
The 2d Battalion activated in Alaska on 18 October 1939, before the regiment returned to active service in 1940. It later served with the 7th Division at Fort Ord.
Service note · dates incomplete
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Fort Ord and training
The 3d Battalion served with the 7th Division at Fort Ord, followed by training service at Fort Benning in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Sources and scope
Army Center of Military History lineage certificates provide the dated backbone. Regimental associations and secondary histories supplement individual operations and battalions. 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.
- Army Center of Military History: 32d Infantry Regiment
- Army Center of Military History: 1st Battalion 32d Infantry Regiment
- 32d 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.
- 7th Infantry Division · file and credit · public domain
- 2d Infantry Division · file and credit · public domain
- 10th Mountain Division · file and credit · public domain
