60th Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 December 1996
60th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 60th Infantry
Organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania
Assigned 17 November 1917 to the 5th Division
Inactivated 2 September 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 8th Division
Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 5th Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 5th Division
Assigned 1 August 1940 to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division)
Activated 10 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 30 November - 28 December 1946 in Germany
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Relieved 1 December 1957 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Transferred 15 April 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
60th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily; Normandy; Northern France; 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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SEDJENANE VALLEY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for STE. COLOMBE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SCHWAMMANAUEL DAMS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MEKONG DELTA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DINH TUONG PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON
Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COTENTIN PENINSULA
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the MEUSE RIVER
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES