Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015
1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment
(DEVILS IN BAGGY PANTS)
- Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 504th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- (504th Parachute Infantry assigned 15 August 1942 to the 82d Airborne Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 504th Airborne Infantry
- Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 11 December 1958 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 June 2006 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Panama (with arrowhead)
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ANZIO BEACHHEAD
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHENEUX, BELGIUM
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered RHINE RIVER
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered GHAZNI PROVINCE 2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014
- Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- 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 in Belgium and Germany
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History