Lineage 51st Infantry Regiment (United States)

1 lineage

1.1 company f
1.2 company e
1.3 1st battalion

lineage

the 51st infantry regiment constituted 15 may 1917 @ chickamauga park, georgia, assigned on 16 november 1917 6th infantry division. inactivated 22 september 1921 @ camp grant, illinois. relieved on 15 august 1927 assignment 6th division , assigned 9th infantry division; relieved 1 october 1933 assignment 9th division , assigned 6th division; relieved 16 december 1940 assignment 6th division.

the regiment reactivated 15 april 1941 @ pine camp, new york, 51st infantry (armored), element of 4th armored division, redesignated 1 january 1942 51st armored infantry.

company f

following world war ii, company f of regiment reorganized , redesignated on 1 may 1946 company c, 10th constabulary squadron, element of 14th constabulary regiment, united states constabulary in germany. inactivated 20 december 1948 in germany; concurrently converted , redesignated company c, 10th armored infantry battalion, element of 4th armored division, redesignated 25 february 1953 company c, 510th armored infantry battalion, element of 4th armored division. company activated on 15 june 1954 @ fort hood, texas , inactivated there on 1 april 1957, texas. concurrently, 510th armored infantry battalion relieved assignment 4th armored division reorganization of army combat forces pentomic concept.

the lineage of company f redesignated on 1 july 1959 headquarters , headquarters company, 6th battle group, 51st infantry remained inactive. redesignated again on 11 august 1967, time company f, 51st infantry , activated on 25 september 1967 in vietnam reflagging of 196th long range reconnaissance patrol detachment, americal division, lineage of f-51st inactivated on 26 december 1968 in vietnam when unit reflagged company g, 75th infantry (separate lineage , honors).

company f reactivated 16 december 1986 vii corps long range surveillance company (lrs) in germany, serving unit 15 november 1991, when inactivated. reactivated on 16 april 1995 lrs company of 525th military intelligence brigade (airborne), fort bragg, north carolina, redesignated on 1 october 2005 company f, 51st infantry regiment. colors inactivated on 15 march 2009 @ fort bragg when company reflagged troop c (lrs), 1st squadron, 38th cavalry regiment, 525th battlefield surveillance brigade. reorganization of 525th, troop c became airborne unit in brigade.

on 16 january 2011, company assigned 1st brigade combat team, 1st armored division, , activated @ fort bliss. inactivated on 15 november 2013 , relieved assignment brigade. company again activated on 16 november 2014 @ fort bragg.

company e

company e, 51st infantry active in germany 1986 v corps long range surveillance company, attached 165th mi bn (te), in darmstadt, germany. company e (lrs) saw several deployments kosovo , 2 deployments in support of invasion , occupation of iraq. inactivated in april 2007.

1st battalion

hhc, 1st battalion, 51st infantry, bearing lineage of former company a, 51st infantry, reassigned 4th armored division in 1957 2d armored division in germany. in 1963 unit reassigned 4th armored division. on 10 may 1971, colors of 4th armored division inactivated , unit reflagged 1st armored division; concurrently, 1st battalion assigned 1st armored division. 1st battalion (mechanized), 51st infantry; 1st battalion, 6th infantry; , 2d battalion, 37th armor formed maneuver elements of 1st brigade, 1st armored division @ mckee barracks in crailsheim. unit salute greeting fixed bayonets.

the 1st battalion (mechanized), 51st infantry inactivated on 16 june 1984, when 1st armored division converted division 86 force structure. under structure, each heavy division decreased 1 infantry battalion while remaining infantry battalions gained 1 additional rifle company.

on 10 april 1984 company c, 1-51st moved mckee barracks storck barracks, illesheim , reflagged company d, 1st battalion, 6th infantry.

on 24 april 1984, company a, 1-51st moved mckee barracks, warner barracks, bamberg , reflagged company d, 1st battalion, 54th infantry.

on 1 may 1984, company b, 1-51st moved ferris barracks, erlangen , reflagged company d, 2d battalion, 6th infantry.

once infantry companies moved, battalion scout platoon moved storck barracks, illesheim , became scout platoon, hhc, 1st brigade. hhc , combat support company (csc) assets , personnel reassigned , remaining equipment turned in or laterally transferred.