Infantry timelines · Infantry numbers 1–200

97th Infantry · Numbering record

A century of division assignments

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

First division shownNot establishedSee source notes
Separate unit histories1 documented elementsDated lineages and service notes below
Page cutoff8 September 2026Last-documented status is explicitly marked

Numbering and separate battalions

No U.S. Regular Army infantry regiment was constituted under this number. The numbering row and any separately numbered battalion histories have different identities.

Regular Army infantry regimental numbers 92–100 were allotted but never constituted. This is a numbering record, not a regiment with invented divisions or battalions. Separately numbered battalions, where documented, are identified below and do not establish a regiment of the same number.

Division patches

Division names appear in the timeline. No verified patch artwork is included for these assignments.

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.

The dated record

Division timeline

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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 – page cutoff*

    97th Infantry · Regimental numbering record

    Last documented: Regiment not constituted

    This regimental number was never constituted in the numbering history cited below. Related separate battalions are distinct organizations, not battalions of a regiment with this number. 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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  2. 25 Oct 1947 – 1 May 1949

    97th Infantry Battalion (Philippine Scouts) · Separate battalion

    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 May 1949 – 1 Jun 1949

    97th Infantry Battalion (Philippine Scouts) · Separate battalion

    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 1949 – 10 Oct 1951

    97th Infantry Battalion (Philippine Scouts) · Separate battalion

    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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  5. 10 Oct 1951 – page cutoff*

    97th Infantry Battalion (Philippine Scouts) · Separate battalion

    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. Philippine Scouts Heritage Society: 43rd Infantry
  2. Infantry Branch numbering 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.