Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2015
1st Battalion, 507th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 507th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 20 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- (507th Parachute Infantry assigned 1 March 1945 to the 17th Airborne Division)
- Inactivated 16 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company A, 507th Airborne Infantry
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Inactivated 31 March 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
- Redesignated 23 October 1985 as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 507th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 17th Airborne Division; concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 507th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe (with arrowhead)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992-1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History