Constituted 24 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry

Activated 6 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia

(505th Parachute Infantry assigned 10 February 1943 to the 82d Airborne Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 505th Airborne Infantry

Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Relieved 15 January 1959 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division

Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry

1st Battalion
505th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: * Sicily (with arrowhead); * Naples-Foggia; * Normandy (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe

Vietnam: * Tet Counteroffensive; * Counteroffensive, Phase IV; * Counteroffensive, Phase V; * Counteroffensive, Phase VI; * Tet 69/Counteroffensive; * Summer-Fall 1969; * Winter-Spring 1970

Armed Forces Expeditions: * Dominican Republic; * Grenada

Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Decorations

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for STE. MERE EGLISE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NIJMEGEN

* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for STE. MERE EGLISE

* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COTENTIN

* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Fourragere

* Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN 1944

* Netherlands Orange Lanyard

* Belgian Fourragere 1940

* 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 in BELGIUM AND GERMANY

* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969

* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968

* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969