52nd Infantry Regiment (United States) - Lineage

Lineage

• Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 52nd Infantry Regiment.
• Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia.
• Assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division.
• Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
• Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division.
• Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th Division.
• Relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division.
• Redesignated 15 July 1942 as the 52nd Armored Infantry, assigned to the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas.
• Regiment broken up 9 October 1943 at Camp Young and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 9th Armored Division as follows:

1. HHC, 52nd Armored Infantry Regiment (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) as the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion.
2. 1st Battalion as the 60th Armored Infantry Battalion.
3. 2nd Battalion as the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion.
4. 3rd Battalion disbanded, with the assets and personnel being assumed by the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion.

• Battalions inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
• Battalions Relieved 14 September 1950 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently consolidated to form the 52nd Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 71st Infantry Division.
• Relieved 25 February 1953 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division; regiment concurrently broken up and its elements redesignated as elements of the 9th Armored Division as follows:

1. HHC, 52nd Infantry Regiment (less 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions) as the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion.
2. 1st Battalion as the 560th Armored Infantry Battalion.
3. 2nd Battalion as the 527th Armored Infantry Battalion.
4. Former 3rd Battalion reconstituted as the 528th Armored Infantry Battalion.

• 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 23 July 1956 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division;
• 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion activated 15 August 1956 in Italy.
• 560th, 527th, and 528th Armored Infantry Battalions relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division.
• 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion inactivated 24 June 1958 in Italy.
• On 1 July 1959, the following actions took place:

1. 52nd, 560th, 527th, and 528th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated to form the 52nd Infantry Regiment, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.
2. 560th Armored Infantry Battalion Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battle Group, 52nd Infantry Regiment.
3. 527th Infantry Battalion Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battle Group, 52nd Infantry Regiment.

• 1st Battle Group Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment, and assigned to the 1st Armored Division.
• On 23 March 1966, the following actions took place:

1. 3rd Battle Group, 52nd Infantry Regiment Redesignated as Company C, 52nd Infantry Regiment.
2. 4th Battle Group, 52nd Infantry Regiment Redesignated as Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment.

• On 1 June 1966, the following actions took place:

1. Company C, 52nd Infantry Regiment Activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.
2. Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.

• Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Arrived in Vietnam on 26 November 1966.
• Company C, 52nd Infantry Regiment arrived in Vietnam on 1 December 1966.
• 1st Battalion Relieved 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade.
• On 20 December 1967, the following actions took place:

1. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Battle Group, 52d Infantry Redesignated as Company F, 52d Infantry, and activated in Vietnam.
2. Company E, 52nd Infantry Regiment arrived in Vietnam.

• 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment arrived in Vietnam on 10 February 1968.
• on 1 February 1969, the following actions took place:

1. Company E, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated in Vietnam.
2. Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated in Vietnam.

• 1st Battalion Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23rd Infantry Division in Vietnam.
• Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated 22 November 1969 in Vietnam.
• Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Activated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam.
• 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment Returned from Vietnam on 1 November 1971.
• 1st Battalion Relieved 30 November 1971 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division.
• Company C, 52nd Infantry Inactivated 15 August 1972 in Vietnam.
• 1st Battalion Assigned 15 September 1972 to the 1st Armored Division
• Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated 26 November 1972.
• 1st Battalion Inactivated 16 November 1987 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division.
• On 16 January 1988 the following actions took place:

1. Regiment Withdrawn from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.
2. 1st Battalion Activated at Fort Irwin, California.

• 1st Battalion Assigned 16 October 1991 to the 177th Armored Brigade
• 1st Battalion Inactivated 15 October 1994 at Fort Irwin, California, and relieved from assignment to the 177th Armored Brigade
• Company F, 52d Infantry Activated 16 June 1996 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
• Company C, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned 16 September 2000 to the 2nd Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry redesignated 19 December 2001 as Company A, 52nd Infantry
• Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned 16 July 2002 to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.
• Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned 16 January 2004 to the 172nd Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
• On 1 October 2005, the following actions took place:

1. Regiment Redesignated as the 52nd Infantry Regiment.
2. Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment Redesignated Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment.

• On 1 June 2006, the following actions took place:

1. Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division.
2. Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.

• On 16 December 2006 the following actions took place:

1. Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment Inactivated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
2. Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

• Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.