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