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90th Infantry Regiment

A century of division assignments

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

90th Infantry Regiment unit graphic
90th Infantry Regiment
First division shown20th Division (World War I)1 Oct 1918
Separate unit histories0 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 1943 organization served briefly in the 10th Light Division. Sources differ between 13 and 22 February 1944 for its relief; that interval is left unresolved before replacement-training service.

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The dated record

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No deployment with sufficiently established dates is plotted for this regiment. Read the assignment cards and service notes for its garrison, training and successor-unit history.

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 – 31 Aug 1918

    90th 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. 31 Aug 1918 – 1 Oct 1918

    90th 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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  3. 1 Oct 1918 – 28 Feb 1919

    90th Infantry Regiment

    20th Division (World War I)

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

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  4. 28 Feb 1919 – 13 Mar 1919

    90th 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. 13 Mar 1919 – 23 Mar 1919

    90th 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. 23 Mar 1919 – 10 Jul 1943

    90th Infantry Regiment

    Disbanded

    The organization was removed from the rolls. A later reconstitution, if documented, is shown separately.

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  7. 10 Jul 1943 – 15 Jul 1943

    90th Infantry Regiment

    Inactive · 10th Mountain 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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  8. 15 Jul 1943 – 13 Feb 1944

    90th Infantry Regiment

    10th Mountain Division

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

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  9. 13 Feb 1944 – 23 Feb 1944

    90th 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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  10. 23 Feb 1944 – 10 Aug 1945

    90th 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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  11. 10 Aug 1945 – page cutoff*

    90th Infantry Regiment

    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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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. 90th 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.