Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 November 2013
39th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(AAA-O)
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 39th Infantry
- Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
- Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division
- Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division
- Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 4th Division
- Relieved 1 August 1940 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division)
- Activated 9 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 30 November 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- Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army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
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 39th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 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
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LE DESERT
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DINH TUONG PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BEN TRE CITY
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON
- French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Meuse River
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History