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Company A
52d Infantry Regiment
(Ready Rifles)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 May 2007

Company A
52d Infantry Regiment Lineage

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company A, 52d Infantry

Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia

(52d Infantry assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division)

Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois

(52d 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 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division)

Redesignated 15 July 1942 as Company A, 52d Armored Infantry, an element of the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas

Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Company A, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division

Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Redesignated 14 September 1950 as Company A, 52d Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division

Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company A, 560th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division

Redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Rifle Battalion, 52d Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 52d Infantry, and assigned to the 1st Armored Division

Relieved 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade

Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division

Relieved 30 November 1971 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division

Assigned 15 September 1972 to the 1st Armored Division

Inactivated 16 November 1987 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division

Activated 16 January 1988 at Fort Irwin, California

Assigned 16 October 1991 to the 177th Armored Brigade

Inactivated 15 October 1994 at Fort Irwin, California, and relieved from assignment to the 177th Armored Brigade

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 52d Infantry redesignated 19 December 2001 as Company A, 52d Infantry

Assigned 16 January 2004 to the 172d Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company A, 52d Infantry Regiment

Inactivated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Company A
52d Infantry Regiment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918

World War II: Rhineland; 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

War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for LUXEMBOURG

Army Superior Unit Award for 1988

Army Superior Unit Award for 1991

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971


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