54th Infantry Regiment (United States)

History

• Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 10th Armored Division as follows:
• Battalions inactivated 13–23 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
• Relieved 14 September 1950 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division, concurrently consolidated broken up and its elements redesignated as elements of the 10th Armored Division as follows:
• Battalions relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division.
• 54th, 561st, 554th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 1 July 1959 to form the 54th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Battalions of the regiment then served during the Vietnam War.
• Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command with headquarters at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Campaign participation credit

• World War I:

1. Meuse-Argonne;
2. Alsace 1918

• World War II:

1. Rhineland;
2. Ardennes-Alsace;
3. Central Europe

• Vietnam:

1. Counteroffensive, Phase II;
2. Counteroffensive, Phase III;
3. Tet Counteroffensive;
4. Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
5. Counteroffensive, Phase V;
6. Counteroffensive, Phase VI;
7. Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
8. Summer-Fall 1969;
9. Winter-Spring 1970;
10. Sanctuary Counteroffensive;
11. Counteroffensive, Phase VII;
12. Consolidation I;
13. Consolidation II;
14. Cease-Fire

    Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation for BASTOGNE
• Meritorious Unit Commendation for VIETNAM 1967-1968
• Belgian Fourragere 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE.