Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 504th Parachute Battalion
- Activated 5 October 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1942 as Company D, 503d Parachute Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 November 1942 as Company D, 509th Parachute Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 1943 as Company A, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- Disbanded 1 March 1945 in France
- Reconstituted 12 May 1947 in the Regular Army as Company A, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- Redesignated 27 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry, and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 1 April 1963 in Germany
- Relieved 1 September 1973 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 1 July 1983 in Italy
- Headquarters transferred 18 December 1987 to the United States Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
- Inactivated 31 May 1993 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Battalion activated 15 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- *Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
- *Tunisia (with arrowhead)
- *Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- *Anzio (with arrowhead)
- *Rome-Arno
- *Southern France (with arrowhead)
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Transition of Iraq
- *Iraqi Governance
Decorations
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CARANO, ITALY
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LIEGE, BELGIUM
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2009-2010
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011-2012
- *French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered MUY EN PROVENCE
- *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 at St. Vith
- *Personnel authorized to wear the insignia of the French 3d Zouaves Regiment
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History