102nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
| 102nd Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1672-present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | U.S. Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Motto | "Stand Forth" |
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The 102nd Infantry Regiment currently consists of one battalion in the Connecticut National Guard. Regimental designation is used only in historical tradition. There is no regimental commander, staff or headquarters. The 1st Battalion, 102nd Regiment is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
Lineage
- Organized 26 June in the Connecticut Militia as Regiment of New Haven County[1]
- Reorganized as the 2nd Regimental Militia on 11 October 1739 from existing companies in the Connecticut Colony
- Reorganized in 1816 and again in 1847 without material change
- Organized as the 2nd Connecticut Volunteers on 7 May 1861 and mustered out on 7 August 1861
- Organized as the 20th Connecticut Volunteers on 8 September 1862 and mustered out 13 June 1865
- Reorganized as the 2nd Infantry in 1865
- Redesignated as the 102nd Infantry Regiment on 22 August 1917 and assigned to the 26th Infantry Division
- Redesignated as the 169th Infantry and assigned to the 43rd Division on 7 October 1921
- Reorganized as the 170th Infantry 20 October 1922
- Redesignated 102nd Infantry and assigned to the 43rd Division on 28 February 1924
- Relieved from the 43rd Infantry Division and consolidated with 963rd Field Artillery Battalion to form 102nd Infantry on 1 May 1959[1]
References
- Connecticut Adjutant General's Report - 1930
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sawicki, James A. (1981). Infantry Regiments of the US Army. Wyvern Publications. pp. 195–96. ISBN 978-0-9602404-3-2.