Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010
COMPANY C, 52th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(READY RIFLES)
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company C, 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 C, 52d Armored Infantry, an element of the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Company C, 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 C, 52d Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division
Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company C, 560th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division
(560th Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division)
Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 52d Infantry
Redesignated 23 March 1966 as Company C, 52d Infantry
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 August 1972 in Vietnam
Assigned 16 September 2000 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company C, 52d Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
*Meuse-Argonne
*Alsace 1918
World War II
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
Vietnam
*Counteroffensive, Phase II
*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
*Counteroffensive, Phase VII
*Consolidation I
*Consolidation II
*Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAIGON – TET OFFENSIVE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
1968-1969
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2000
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History