Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2015
Company F, 51st Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company F, 51st Infantry
- Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia
- (51st Infantry assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division)
- Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois
- (51st 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 16 December 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division)
- Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York, as Company F, 51st Infantry (Armored), an element of the 4th Armored Division
- Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Company F, 51st Armored Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Company C, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 4th Armored Division
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Company C, 10th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 14th Constabulary Regiment
- Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany; concurrently converted and redesignated as Company C, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 4th Armored Division
- Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company C, 510th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 4th Armored Division
- Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas (510th Armored Infantry Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division)
- Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Battle Group, 51st Infantry
- Redesignated 11 August 1967 as Company F, 51st Infantry
- Activated 25 September 1967 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 26 December 1968 at Long Binh, Vietnam
- Activated 16 December 1986 at Mohringen, Germany
- Inactivated 15 November 1991 in Germany
- Activated 16 April 1995 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company F, 51st Infantry Regiment
- Inactivated 15 March 2009 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Assigned 16 January 2011 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Inactivated 15 November 2013 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
- Activated 16 November 2014 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Meuse-Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON-LONG BINH
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History