41st 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 shown10th Division9 Jul 1918
Separate unit histories5 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 25 Mar 1946; 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 3d Battalion was replaced during 2018, according to the regimental history. That year is shown as uncertain and the following January begins the last-documented inactive interval; it is not an exact inactivation date.
Division patches
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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- 1st Infantry
- 2d Infantry
- 8th Infantry
- Separate headquarters
- Training / academy
- Inactive
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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 – 15 May 1917
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15 May 1917 – 9 Jul 1918
41st 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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9 Jul 1918 – 18 Feb 1919
41st Infantry Regiment
10th Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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18 Feb 1919 – 22 Sep 1921
41st 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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22 Sep 1921 – 15 Jul 1940
41st 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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15 Jul 1940 – 25 Mar 1946
41st Infantry Regiment
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1942-1943
North Africa and Sicily
41st Infantry Regiment · Campaign service
Campaign participation is recorded in the cited history. The year label summarizes campaign service, not an exact overseas tour.
Source1944-1945
Western Europe
41st 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 – 15 Jun 1992
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1991
Iraq and Kuwait
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.
Source
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15 Jun 1992 – 16 Dec 1992
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Inactive · 2d Armored Division
The unit was inactive but retained the division assignment shown. Paper assignments and Reserve-officer training are not active combat service.
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16 Dec 1992 – 15 Dec 1995
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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15 Dec 1995 – 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 Apr 2007
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
1st Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
2004-2005
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.
Source1997
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Task force peacekeeping deployment; Company B remained at Fort Riley.
Source2002
Kuwait
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Operation Desert Spring rotation with the 3d Infantry Division; this was an operational relationship.
Source2003-2004
Iraq
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Invasion and occupation service; companies returned at different times.
Source
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16 Apr 2007 – 15 Mar 2008
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
1st Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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15 Mar 2008 – 16 Aug 2009
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Inactive · 1st Armored Division
The unit was inactive but retained the division assignment shown. Paper assignments and Reserve-officer training are not active combat service.
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16 Aug 2009 – 16 Apr 2015
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
1st Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
2011-2012
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.
Source2014
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.
Source
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16 Apr 2015 – page cutoff*
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Last documented: 4th Infantry 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
2016
Afghanistan
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Bravo and Delta companies served in Kandahar; this marker concerns those companies.
Source2018
Afghanistan
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Deployment / overseas operation
Battalion patrols supported Task Force Southwest in Helmand.
Source
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1 Jul 1957 – 25 Apr 1961
3d 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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25 Apr 1961 – 21 Dec 1962
3d 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.
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21 Dec 1962 – 1 Oct 1978
3d 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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1 Oct 1978 – 21 May 1991
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1990-1991
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
3d 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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21 May 1991 – 16 Dec 1992
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
1st Cavalry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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16 Dec 1992 – 16 Jan 1996
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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16 Jan 1996 – 15 Feb 1996
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
4th Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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15 Feb 1996 – 16 Jan 2011
3d 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 Jan 2011 – 1 Jan 2018
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
1st Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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1 Jan 2018 – 1 Jan 2019
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
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 2019 – page cutoff*
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage
Last documented: Inactive
The unit or its headquarters lineage was inactive. This status does not imply that every inherited honor or divisional affiliation was erased. 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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25 Mar 1946 – 1 Jul 1957
41st Armored Infantry Battalion · Predecessor
2d Armored Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Service note · dates incomplete
2d Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Cold War mechanized infantry
The regimental account identifies four mechanized infantry battalions in the 2d Armored Division during the 1980s. Exact dates for the 2d Battalion are not established here.
Service note · dates incomplete
4th Battle Group / Battalion lineage · Cold War mechanized infantry
The 4th Battalion was among the regiment's mechanized battalions associated with the 2d Armored Division during the 1980s. This note does not infer uninterrupted service.
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: 1st Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment
- Army Center of Military History: 3d Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment
- 41st 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.
- 2d Armored Division · file and credit · public domain
- 1st Armored Division · file and credit · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Noclador; unmodified)
- 4th Infantry Division · file and credit · public domain
- 1st Cavalry Division · file and credit · public domain
