48th Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 April 1997
48th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 48th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 20th Division
Relieved 28 February 1919 from assignment to the 20th Division
Inactivated 14 October 1921 at Camp Travis, Texas
Demobilized 31 July 1922
Reconstituted 27 February 1942 in the Regular Army as the 48th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 7th Armored Division
Activated 2 March 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 7th Armored Division as follows:
48th Armored Infantry (less 1st and 2d Battalions) as the
48th Armored Infantry Battalion
1st Battalion as the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
2d Battalion as the 23d Armored Infantry Battalion
After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
48th Armored Infantry Battalion inactivated 8 October 1945
at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Activated 24 November 1950 at Camp Roberts, California
Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Camp Roberts, California
38th Armored Infantry Battalion inactivated 11 October 1945
at Camp Shanks, New York
Activated 24 November 1950 at Camp Roberts, California
Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Camp Roberts, California
23d Armored Infantry Battalion inactivated 11 October 1945
at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 24 November 1950 at Camp Roberts, California
Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Camp Roberts, California
48th, 38th, and 23d Armored Infantry Battalions relieved 15 February 1957 from assignment to the 7th Armored Division and consolidated to form the 48th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
48th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ST. VITH
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ST. VITH