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41st Infantry Regiment (United States)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ4637663 ↗
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The U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its 1st Battalion is currently assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Its 3rd Battalion was assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, which was replaced in 2018 by 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.

History

41st United States Infantry Regiment

The 41st United States Infantry Regiment was one of six segregated regiments (2 cavalry and 4 infantry) created in 1866 following the American Civil War to provide for African American participation in the defense of the United States. It was consolidated in 1869 with the 38th Infantry Regiment to form the 24th Infantry Regiment. It is not related to the current 41st Infantry Regiment.

Significant dates:

Constituted 1866-07-28 in the Regular Army as the 41st United States Infantry Regiment

Organized 1866-12-25 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Consolidated 1869-03-15 with the 38th United States Infantry Regiment; consolidated units redesignated as 24th Infantry Regiment.

20th century

World War I

The 41st Infantry Regiment was formed on 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, around a cadre from soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment. On 9 July 1918, the regiment was assigned to the 10th Division at Camp Funston, Kansas, which was commanded by Leonard Wood. Here, the 41st prepared for deployment to Europe to fight in World War I. In October 1918, the regiment sent an advance party to France to prepare for the deployment, however, the war ended in November before the regiment could deploy.

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