The 38th Infantry Regiment ("Rock of the Marne") is a United States Army

United States Army

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 infantry regiment.

First 38th Infantry Regiment

The 38th Infantry was first established on July 28, 1866, as part of the Regular Army

Regular Army

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, one of six segregated, all-black regiments created following the Civil War

American Civil War

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. It was organized on October 1 of that year at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

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, and was stationed in New Mexico Territory

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 and along the transcontinental railroad

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s then under construction. On March 15, 1869, the 38th was consolidated with the 41st Infantry Regiment

41st Infantry Regiment (United States)

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 and redesignated as the 24th Infantry Regiment

24th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 24th Infantry Regiment was a unit of the United States Army, active from 1869 until 1951, and again from 1995 until 2006. The regiment is notable for having a colorfully checkered history, with a record of mostly meritorious service and valorous combat performance interspersed with episodes of...

.

Current 38th Infantry Regiment

• Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company A, 38th Infantry
• Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
• Assigned 1 October 1917 to the 3d Division
• Assigned to Fort Douglas, Utah, June 5, 1922 to Summer 1940.
• Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division and assigned to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
• Redesignated 8 November 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 38th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
• Inactivated 4 March 1958
• Organic elements constituted 26 January 1962
• Battle Group assigned 19 February 1962 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
• Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry
• Inactivated 16 December 1986 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
• Headquarters transferred 28 August 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
• Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment
• Headquarters inactivated 27 April 2006 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• Battalion assigned 1 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Korean War

Four members of the 38th Infantry were awarded the Medal of Honor

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 for their actions in the Korean War

Korean War

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• Sergeant First Class Tony K. Burris
  Tony K. Burris
  Tony Kenneth Burris was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 8–9, 1951.He is buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Oklahoma...
  
  , Company L, for actions on October 8–9, 1951
• First Lieutenant Frederick F. Henry
  Frederick F. Henry
  Frederick Funston Henry was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.- Biography :...
  
  , Company F, for actions on September 1, 1950
• Sergeant Charles R. Long
  Charles R. Long
  Charles Richard Long was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A native of Independence, Missouri, Long joined the Army after high school and served in Europe during World War II...
  
  , Company M, for actions on February 12, 1951
• Corporal Ronald E. Rosser
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  , Heavy Mortar Company, for actions on January 12, 1952

Campaign participation credit

• World War I : Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
• World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
• Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
• Operation Iraqi Freedom : OIF V, Served in Baghdad and Baqouba
• Operation Iraqi Freedom : OIF VII, Abu Ghraib

Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HILL 154, BREST
• Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KRINKELT
• Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MARNE RIVER
• French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II for BREST
• 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 at Elsenborn Crest
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for NAKTONG RIVER LINE
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Operation Iraqi Freedom 15 April 2007 to 15 June 2008
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Operation Iraqi Freedom 13 September 2009 to 12 September 2010