Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2015
508th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 6 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 508th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida
- Inactivated 25 November 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 16 April 1951 as the 508th Airborne Infantry; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 22 March 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 15 July 1962 as the 508th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 10 July 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 508th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Panama (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq (with arrowhead)
- Transition of Iraq
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered HUE AND SAIGON
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered GHAZNI AND WARDAK PROVINCES 2007-2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE 2009-2010
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered ZABUL AND KANDAHAR PROVINCES 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
- 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
- Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- 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 in Belgium and Germany
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Chief of Military History
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