71st 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 shown11th Division (World War I)1 Sep 1918
Separate unit histories4 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 Regular Army’s 1918 regiment is distinct from the New York National Guard regiment. New York service is shown separately; its later assignment history is incomplete here. The 1946 boundary limits verified wartime coverage and is not an inactivation order.
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Assignments across time
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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 – 9 Jul 1918
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9 Jul 1918 – 1 Sep 1918
71st 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 Sep 1918 – 3 Feb 1919
71st Infantry Regiment
11th Division (World War I)
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
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3 Feb 1919 – page cutoff*
71st Infantry Regiment
Last documented: Disbanded
The organization was removed from the rolls. A later reconstitution, if documented, is shown separately. 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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1 Jan 1916 – 16 Sep 1940
71st New York Infantry · Separate National Guard lineage
Assignment not established
The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred.
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16 Sep 1940 – 1 Jan 1946
71st New York Infantry · Separate National Guard lineage
44th Infantry Division
Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.
Deployments & overseas operations
1944-1945
France, Germany and Austria
71st New York Infantry · Separate National Guard lineage · Deployment / campaign service
New York’s 71st served with the 44th Division in the European theater.
Source
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1 Jan 1946 – page cutoff*
71st New York Infantry · Separate National Guard lineage
Last documented: Assignment not established
The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred. 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.
Service note · dates incomplete
1st Battle Group / Battalion lineage · New York regiment, Aleutians
Headquarters Company of New York’s 1st Battalion was detached for the 1943 Attu operation. The attachment did not transfer the entire regiment from the 44th Division.
Service note · dates incomplete
2d Battle Group / Battalion lineage · New York regiment, Europe
The New York regiment’s 2d Battalion earned a Presidential Unit Citation in World War II. It is distinct from the 1918 Regular Army organization.
Service note · dates incomplete
3d Battle Group / Battalion lineage · New York regiment, Europe
Company I of the New York regiment’s 3d Battalion earned a Presidential Unit Citation during World War II.
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.
- 71st New York Infantry history (Wikipedia; secondary)
- 71st 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.
- 11th Division (World War I) · file and credit · public domain
- 44th Infantry Division · file and credit · public domain
