• Regiment (less 1st Battalion) activated 2 March 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Assigned 15 August 1942 to the 101st Airborne Division
  • Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
  • Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 502d Airborne Infantry
  • Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
  • Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 502d Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 29 June 1984 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 502d Infantry Regiment

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Normandy (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland (with arrowhead)
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AN KHE
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO, VIETNAM 1966
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG THUONG DISTRICT
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TUY HOA
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NAM HOA DISTRICT
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BA LONG DISTRICT
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KARBALA, IRAQ 2003
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE 2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1985
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
  • Netherlands Orange Lanyard
  • Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: