Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2014
38th Infantry Regiment
(ROCK OF THE MARNE)
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 38th Infantry
- Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
- Assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division
- (1st Battalion inactivated 1 October 1933 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; activated 1 May 1939 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma)
- Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division and assigned to the 2d Division [later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division]
- Relieved 8 November 1957 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 28 August 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 38th Infantry Regiment
- Withdrawn 27 April 2006 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Aisne
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HILL 154, BREST
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KRINKELT
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MARNE RIVER
- French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered BREST
- 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 at Elsenborn Crest
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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