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Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 October 2015

504th Infantry Regiment
(Devils in Baggy Pants)

  • Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 504th Parachute Infantry
  • Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Assigned 15 August 1942 to the 82d Airborne Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as the 504th Airborne Infantry
  • Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army
  • Relieved 1 September 1957 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 504th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 1 May 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 504th Infantry Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Anzio (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland (with arrowhead)
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Dominican Republic
  • Panama (with arrowhead)
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Kosovo
  • Kosovo Defense
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ANZIO BEACHHEAD
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHENEUX, BELGIUM
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered GHAZNI PROVINCE 2012
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
  • Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944
  • Netherlands Orange Lanyard
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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