Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 June 2010
COMPANY F, 52d INFANTRY REGIMENT
(READY RIFLES)
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company F, 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 F, 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, 27th 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 G, 52d Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division
Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company C, 527th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division
(527th Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division)
Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Battle Group, 52d Infantry
Redesignated 20 December 1967 as Company F, 52d Infantry, and activated in Vietnam
Inactivated 1 February 1969 in Vietnam
Activated 16 June 1996 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company F, 52d Infantry Regiment
Assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
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
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
*Iraqi Surge
(Additional 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
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History