Constituted 1 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 506th Parachute Infantry

Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia

Assigned 1 March 1945 to the 101st Airborne Division

Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France

Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 506th Airborne Infantry

Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army

Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 506th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 506th Infantry Regiment

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                World War II
                Normandy (with arrowhead)
                Rhineland (with arrowhead)
                Ardennes-Alsace
                Central Europe

                Vietnam
                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
                Consolidation I
                Consolidation II

                War on Terrorism
                Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TRANG BANG

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PHAN THIET

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF SAIGON

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

Netherlands Orange Lanyard

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: