Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 36th Infantry
Organized 27 July 1916 at Brownsville, Texas
Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 12th Division
Relieved 31 January 1919 from assignment to the 12th Division
Inactivated 13 October 1921 at Fort Jay, New York
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division
Relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division
Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as the 36th Infantry (Armored) and assigned to the 3d Armored Division
Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 36th Armored Infantry
Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit:
Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE
Presidential Unit Citation First Battalion assault on the Siegfriedline
Presidential Unit Citation Medical Section 2nd Battalion Fromental France
Presidential Unit Citation Medical Section 3rd Battalion Stolberg, Germany
Presidential Unit Citation Siegfried Line First Battalion
Presidential Unit Citation Echtz-Hoben First Battalion
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
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