History of 377th Infantry Regiment

377th Infantry Regiment

History of the Regiment

Constituted 5 September 1918 in the National Army as the 377th Infantry and assigned to the 95th Division. (Was to be organized in France from personnel of the 1st Pioneer Infantry but never accomplished.) Disbanded 22 December 1918. Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 95th Division. Organized during November 1921 with Headquarters at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Ordered into active military service, less personnel, and organized 15 July 1942 at Camp Swift, Texas. Inactivated 11 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Campaign Streamers

World War II

• Northern France
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

Coat of Arms

Shield: Argent, on a less vert seven gouttes d’eau, four and three, between three gouttes d’olive in chief and seven in base, four and’three.

Crest: The shield is white for infantry, while the green fess indicates the original organization of the regiment in the oil belt of Oklahoma. The gouttes resemble drops of oil and the arrangement of the drops indicate the numerical designation of the unit. The motto is Cherokee Indian for “Onward.”

Motto: Ni ga da e sa sdi (Onward)

Distinctive Insignia

The insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms, The sample of the insignia was approved 11 October 1927.

95th ID STATISTICS

Chronology

• Activated – 15 July 1942
• Arrived ETO – 17 August 1944
• Arrived Continent (D+105) – 19 September 1944
• Entered Combat – First Elements -18 October 1944
• Entered Combat – Entire Division – 20 October 1944
• Days in Combat – 151

Casualties (Tentative)

• Killed in Action – 1,128
• Wounded in Action – 4,783
• Missing in Action – 394
• Captured – 65
• Battle Casualties – 6,370
• Non-Battle Casualties – 3,834
• Total Casualties – 10,204
• Percent of T/O Strength – 72.4

Campaigns

• Northern France
• Ardennes
• Rhineland
• Central Europe

Prisoners of War Taken 31,988

DETACHMENTS

(Attached to)

Infantry

ASSIGNMENT AND ATTACHMENT TO HIGHER UNITS

(-) Indicates relieved from assignment.

COMMAND POSTS

Other Resources

• 377th Regimental History – Bangor Public Library – (PDF)
• 377th Regimental Lineage – US Army Military History – (PDF)
• American Battle Monuments Commission
• The Wartime Memories Project