From 9–27 May 1898, elements of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments were organized as the 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry and mustered into service at Raleigh; other elements were assigned to the 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry.

The 1st and 2nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiments were mustered out of service from 3–23 November 1898.

On 19 June 1916, the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of Infantry were mustered into service during the Pancho Villa Expedition.

To return the division to three regiments, the 119th Infantry Regiment was reconstituted in the North Carolina National Guard on 24 August 1942, activated on 7 September 1942 at Fort Jackson, and assigned to the 30th Infantry Division.

On 1 January 1968, the regiment was reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 30th Infantry Division.

[3] A Silver color and metal enamel device 1+3⁄16 inches (3.0 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per fess Azure and Argent, upon a mound in base Vert a lion rampant passant counterchanged, eyed, langued and armed Gules.

The functions of the organization are allegorically implied by the ferocious lion, heraldically being the lively image of a good soldier who must be valiant of courage, strong of body and a foe to fear.

Per fess Azure and Argent, upon a mound in base Vert a lion rampant passant counterchanged, eyed, langued and armed Gules.

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the North Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a hornet's nest hanging from a bough beset with 13 hornets all Proper.

The functions of the organization are allegorically implied by the ferocious lion, heraldically being the lively image of a good soldier who must be valiant of courage, strong of body and a foe to fear.

[4] In Fury (2014 film), the 119th Infantry is the element of the crack 30th Infantry Division that the tank "Fury" and it's platoon from the 66th Armor Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division are assigned to support.