1st North Dakota Infantry
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PeterNoG
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This unusual style Texas Historical Marker is on the northeast corner of West 10th Street and South Ohio Avenue in Mercedes, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJTEJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2013
Views: 4
This is a State-approved Marker.
Marker Title: 1st North Dakota Infantry
Index Entry: 1st North Dakota Infantry (the actual index entry is North Dakota Infantry, 1st)
Address:
City: Mercedes
County: Hidalgo
Subject Codes: military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1960
Designations: na
Marker Location: South Ohio and 10 the street, Mercedes
Marker Size: Slate-approved marker
Marker Number: 1156
Marker Text:
Erected 7 April 1960
in recognition of 1007 officers and enlisted men of the 1st North Dakota Infantry, North Dakota National Guard which occupied this area as a camp site 1916-1917.
History
Organized as 1st Dakota Infantry 1883
Redesignated 1st North Dakota Infantry 1885
Federal Service
Span.-Amer. War & War of Insurrection 1898-1899
Mexican Border Service 1916-1947
Redesignated 164th Infantry
WW I - - AEF - France 1917 - 1919
WW II - Pacific Theatre of Operations 1941 - 1945
Korean Conflict - Camp Rucker. Alabama 1951 - 1953
This regiment, as a part of the Americal Division, was the first Unites States Army component to take the offensive in World War II - Guadalcanal, 10 October 1942.
Converted to 164th Engineer Group NDak NG 1955
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