Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 30th Infantry

Organized 12 February - 19 August 1901 at Fort Logan, Colorado, at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, and in the Philippine Islands

Assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division

Relieved 12 January 1940 from assignment to the 3d Division

Assigned 15 May 1940 to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division)

Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division

Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division

Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

Withdrawn 26 May 1992 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command


30th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Philippine Insurrection: Mindoro 1901

World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918

World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SICILY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MOUNT ROTUNDO

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BESANCON, FRANCE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR

Army Superior Unit Award for 1996

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHAMPAGNE-MARNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere