Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 October 2015
Company D, 52d Infantry Regiment
(Ready Rifles)
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company D, 52d Infantry
- Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia
- (52d Infantry assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division)
- Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois
- (52d Infantry relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division)
- Redesignated 15 July 1942 as Company D, 52d Armored Infantry, an element of the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Company A, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division
- Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 14 September 1950 as Company E, 52d Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division
- Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company A, 527th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division
- (527th Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division)
- Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 52d Infantry
- Redesignated 23 March 1966 as Company D, 52d Infantry
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 22 November 1969 in Vietnam
- Activated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam Inactivated 26 November 1972 in Vietnam
- Assigned 16 July 2002 to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 December 2006 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- Inactivated 15 October 2014 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
- Activated 16 September 2015 at Fort Hood, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Meuse-Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History