138th Infantry Regiment (United States)
| 138th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1832 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Allegiance | Missouri |
| Branch | Missouri Army National Guard |
| Type | Light Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Motto(s) | "St. Louis' Own" |
| Engagements |
Mexican War American Civil War World War I World War II |
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The 138th Infantry Regiment is an infantry battalion in the Missouri National Guard. Of the original regiment, only the 1st Battalion remains an active National Guard unit. As of 2008, the 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment is a light infantry battalion currently assigned to the 110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 138th Regiment was first organized in 1832 in the Missouri Militia at St. Louis, then known as the St. Louis Grays.
The 138th Infantry Regiment has been deployed to Qatar in February 2017 in support of OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) Spartan Shield. Global War on Terrorism.
Organized in 1832 in the Missouri Militia at St. Louis as the St. Louis Grays
10–24 May 1847 at St. Louis
30 April 1862 in Confederate service near Corinth, Mississippi) and consolidated unit designated as the 1st and 4th Consolidated Missouri Infantry Regiment
(Missouri Militia redesignated 16 March 1877 as the Missouri National Guard)
5 August 1917
Organized 26 July 1852 in the Missouri Militia at St. Louis as the National Guards
Organized 7 November 1877 in the Missouri National Guard at St. Louis as the 1st Regiment of Police Reserves
Constituted 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 880th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Aviation
(Federal recognition withdrawn 1 April 1954 from Company C [Colorado Air National Guard]; Company B [Louisiana Air National Guard] redesignated 1 September 1954 as Company B, 225th Engineer Aviation Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/32 inches (2.78 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, the equestrian statue in profile of Louis IX (St. Louis) of France Or, (the statue is in forest Park, St. Louis, by Charles Henry Niehaus).
The shield is blue for Infantry. The statue of Louis IX (St. Louis) alludes to the home area of the organization.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 138th Infantry Regiment on 24 May 1926. It was redesignated for the 1138th Engineer Battalion on 3 May 1989.
Mexican War
Civil War (Confederate Service)
World War I
World War II
War on Terrorism
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