3-509th 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Inactivated 31 May 1993 at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command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
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 D additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History
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SOURCE: U.S. Army Center of Military History: Lineage and Honors Information
30 June 2010