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88th Infantry Regiment

A century of division assignments

1916–2026 · Regimental service, battle groups, battalions and deployments.

88th Infantry Regiment unit graphic
88th Infantry Regiment
First division shown19th Division (World War I)1 Oct 1918
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. Battalion rows follow headquarters lineages, often descended from lettered companies, rather than assuming that the old regimental battalions continued unchanged.

The World War I organization is separate from the airborne battalion formed in 1941, expanded into a glider regiment in 1942. It reached France in 1945 but was absorbed into the 326th Glider Infantry before combat.

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The dated record

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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.

  1. 1 Jan 1916 – 10 Oct 1941

    88th 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.

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  2. 10 Oct 1941 – 1 May 1942

    88th Infantry Regiment

    Training · No assigned division

    Training service outside an established maneuver-division assignment. This label does not imply membership in the later TRADOC command.

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  3. 1 May 1942 – 1 Jun 1942

    88th 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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  4. 1 Jun 1942 – 1 Apr 1943

    88th 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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  5. 1 Apr 1943 – 1 May 1943

    88th 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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  6. 1 May 1943 – 3 Dec 1943

    88th Infantry Regiment

    1st Airborne Brigade · Separate

    Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.

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  7. 3 Dec 1943 – 1 Mar 1945

    88th Infantry Regiment

    13th Airborne Division

    Division names are normalized across historical redesignations. This entry follows the cited unit lineage.

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    Deployments & overseas operations

    1. 1945

      France

      88th Infantry Regiment · Deployment / campaign service

      The glider regiment arrived overseas but was absorbed into the 326th before entering combat. The labeled service overlaps an assignment change and is listed only once; consult the following assignment cards as well.

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  8. 1 Mar 1945 – page cutoff*

    88th 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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  9. 1 Jan 1916 – 1 Sep 1918

    World War I organization

    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.

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  10. 1 Sep 1918 – 1 Oct 1918

    World War I organization

    Assignment not established

    The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred.

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  11. 1 Oct 1918 – 19 Jan 1919

    World War I organization

    19th Division (World War I)

    Division membership is documented after organization in the preceding month. The displayed boundary brackets a month-only formation date; it is not a claimed assignment order effective on this day.

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  12. 19 Jan 1919 – 1 Jan 1920

    World War I organization

    Assignment not established

    The available record does not establish a precise assignment throughout this interval. No division is inferred.

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  13. 1 Jan 1920 – page cutoff*

    World War I organization

    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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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.

  1. U.S. Army: Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War, vol. 3, part 2, divisions 11-20
  2. 88th 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.