Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 March 2017
1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 6 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 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 Company A, 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 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry
- Assigned 6 March 1964 to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 3 October 1986 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
- Assigned 10 July 1987 to the 193d Infantry Brigade and activated in Panama
- Inactivated 15 October 1994 in Panama and relieved from assignment to the 193d Infantry Brigade
- Activated 16 February 1996 in Bosnia
- Assigned 16 October 2000 to the 173d Airborne Brigade
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 15 June 2006 from assignment to the 173d Airborne Brigade and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division
- Relieved 16 February 2014 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division
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 ZABUL AND KANDAHAR PROVINCES 2009-2010
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE 2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- 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
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered WESTERN AFGHANISTAN AUG 2009-AUG 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History