Lineages and Honors Information
Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 October 2019
3d Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 504th Parachute Battalion
- Activated 5 October 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 February 1942 as Company F, 503d Parachute Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 November 1942 as Company F, 509th Parachute Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 1943 as Company C, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- Disbanded 1 March 1945 in France
- Reconstituted 12 May 1947 in the Regular Army as Company C, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
- Redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry
- (Organic elements constituted 15 January 1972)
- Battalion activated 15 January 1973 in Germany
- Inactivated 31 August 1973 in Italy
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry, redesignated 1 July 1975 as Company C, 509th Infantry, and activated at Fort Rucker, Alabama
- Transferred 2 October 1988 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and reorganized at Fort Rucker, Alabama
- Inactivated 31 May 1993 at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Redesignated 10 September 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry
- Battalion assigned 16 September 2005 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LIEGE, BELGIUM
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CARANO, ITALY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CARANO, ITALY - MARCH 1944
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BABIL PROVINCE, IRAQ
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PAKTIKA PROVINCE 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2017-2018
- French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered MUY EN PROVENCE
- 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 at St. Vith
- Personnel authorized to wear the insignia of the French 3d Zouaves Regiment
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN OCT 2017-MAR 2018
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ADHAMIYAH DISTRICT, BAGHDAD NOV-DEC 2006
- Company D additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KHOST PROVINCE FEB 2009-FEB 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History