The 40th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.

Lineage

Constuted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 40th Infantry. Organized 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from personnel of the 36th Infantry. Assigned to the 14th Infantry Division 5 July 1918. Relieved from the 14th Division February 1919. Inactivated 1 November 1921 at Danville, West Virginia

Danville, West Virginia

Danville is a town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 550 at the 2000 census. Danville was incorporated in 1911 by the Circuit Court and named for Dan Rock, the town's first postmaster...

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Allotted to the Second Corps Area 28 February 1927. Affiliated with Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 and organized 18 April 1930 at Ithica, New York. Disbanded 11 November 1944.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

• Description

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, the head of a wolverine erased Or; on a canton Argent a six-bastioned fort Vert charged with a mullet of the third (for the 36th Infantry).

• Symbolism

This Regiment was organized in 1917 from the 36th Infantry, shown by the canton. During World War I it was in the 14th Division, shown by the wolverine’s head, the unofficial insignia of that Division.

• Background

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 2 March 1938. It was rescinded on 5 September 1958.

Blazon

• Shield

Azure, the head of a wolverine erased Or; on a canton Argent a six-bastioned fort Vert charged with a mullet of the third (for the 36th Infantry).

• Crest

None Motto None

• Symbolism
• Shield

This Regiment was organized in 1917 from the 36th Infantry, shown by the canton. During World War I it was in the 14th Division, shown by the wolverine’s head, the unofficial insignia of that Division.

• Crest

None

• Background

The coat of arms was approved on 29 June 1921. It was amended to correct the blazon on 23 March 1938. The insignia was rescinded on 5 September 1958.