369th Infantry Regiment, US

369th Infantry Regiment, US
Years active:	2/6/1913 –
Country:	United States
Service:	US Army
Branch:	National Army (US Army)
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry regiment (continental)
Full size:	3,500
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Created:	2/6/1913.
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Name1:	15th New York National Guard Regiment
Name1 Start:	2/6/1913
Name1 End:	1/3/1918
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Name2:	369th Infantry Regiment
Name2 Start:	1/3/1918
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Alternate names:	Harlem Hellfighters
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical and Administrative
Parent unit:	185th Infantry Brigade, US
Parent level:	Brigade
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical and Administrative
Subordinate unit:	Machine Gun Company, 369th Infantry Regiment, US
Subordinate level:	Company
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical and Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1st Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment, US
Subordinate level:	Battalion
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical and Administrative
Subordinate unit:	2nd Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment, US
Subordinate level:	Battalion
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical and Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3rd Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment, US
Subordinate level:	Battalion
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Related media

• The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has photos and objects relating to Lawrence Leslie McVey, who served in this regiment:
  • object number 2011.108.17: photo of Lawrence McVey in uniform.
  • object number 2011.108.9.1: French Croix de Guerre medal awarded to Lawrence McVey.
  • object number 2011.108.16: another photo of Lawrence McVey in uniform wearing his Croix de Guerre medal.
• Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I from the US National Archives.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

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• {{War diary TNA}} for the UK National Archives
• {{War diary AWM}} for the Australian War Memorial

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Other sources

• 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" at The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed.
• Wikipedia:369th Infantry Regiment (United States) has lots of information, public domain images, and links to members of the regiment.