Misplaced Pages

143rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GregJackP (talk | contribs) at 14:02, 23 August 2013 (→Lineage). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 14:02, 23 August 2013 by GregJackP (talk | contribs) (→Lineage)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
143rd Infantry Regiment
143d Infantry Unit Crest143rd Infantry Regiment coat of arms
ActiveConstituted October 15, 1917
Restructured March 16, 1959
Reorganized March 1, 1963
Inactivated August 12, 2001
Reactivated September 9, 2008-Present.
CountryUSA
AllegianceTexas
BranchArmy National Guard
TypeInfantry
Role Airborne Infantry
Garrison/HQ1st Battalion - Texas
Nickname(s)Third Texas
Motto(s)Arms Secure Peace
EngagementsSpanish-American War
Mexican Border Service
World War I
World War II
Iraq War
Military unit

The 143rd Infantry Regiment is a Texas Army National Guard unit assigned to the 36th Infantry Division. Currently, only one battalion of the regiment is active.

  • 1st Battalion (Airborne) - 143rd Infantry.

Heraldic Information

Coat of Arms

Blazon

  • Shield: Azure, a bend wavy argent between an oak tree eradicated and a key fesswise or.
  • Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure a mullet argent encircled by a garland of live oak and olive proper.
  • Motto: Arms Secure Peace

Symbolism

  1. The shield is blue for infantry.
  2. The bend wavy represents the regiment's service on the Mexican boarder, along the Rio Grande.
  3. It also represents the Aisne River in France, where the unit served in World War I.
  4. The oak tree symbolizes the Meuse-Argonne operation, also in World War I.
  5. The gold key represents service in the Spanish-American War.

Background

  • The coat of arms was approved on June 30, 1926.

Lineage and Honors

Lineage

The 143rd Infantry regiment was formed on October 15, 1917 from the units of the Third Texas Infantry and the Fifth Texas Infantry at Camp Bowie, Texas.

The lineage of subordinate units is as follows:

  • Company A (Rusk) - Originally formed as Company A, Seventh Cavalry (Confederate Army); Rusk Militia 1883-1895; Company F, Third Texas Infantry 1903-1914; World War II. "ALSACE" Distinguished Unit Streamer.
  • Company B (Mexia) - Originally formed as Company B, Third Infantry, Texas Volunteer Guard, 1879; Company C, Second Texas, United States Volunteers (Spanish-American War); Mexican Border Service, 1916-1917; World War II. "ALSACE" Streamer.
  • Company C (Beaumont) - Organized in 1926; World War II. "ALSACE" Streamer. Stationed in Palestine, Texas 1947.
  • Company D - Independent Blues Militia, 1859; Company K, First Texas Cavalry (Confederate Army); Company A, First Texas, United States Volunteers (Spanish-American War); World War II. "ALSACE" Streamer.
  • Company E (Caldwell) - Organized in 1939; assault unit at Salerno, Rapido River. "COLMAR POCKET" Streamer. Reorganized in Baytown, 1947.
  • Company F (Huntsville) - Formed from volunteers in Hood's Brigade (Confederate Army) and the Tom Hamilton Guards of the 1870s. Company F, First Texas, United States Volunteers (Spanish-American War). World War II. "COLMAR POCKET" Distinguished Unit Streamer.
  • Company G (Houston) - Formed from the Houston Light Guards. World War II. "COLMAR POCKET" Streamer. Reorganized into Company G, 2-143d (LRS) in 1980.
  • Company I - Formed from the Tom Campbell Rifles, 1893.
  • Company K (Waco) - Formed as the Waco Greys, 1876. Company K, Second Texas Infantry, 1898.
  • Company L - Originally Company M, Second Texas Infantry, 1900.

Service

Mexican Border Service

In February 1913, Mexico was in a state of turmoil between two rival factions for power and this prevented commanders in Mexican border towns from paying their soldiers. Concern over this caused County Judge and Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas to appeal to the governor for assistance. In response, Governor Oscar Colquitt sent Texas militia, consisting of two companies of the Third Texas Infantry from Corpus Christi and Houston and two companies of cavalry. They remained until June 1913.


Notable Awards / Commendations

Private Stephen Sanford, Company C, 2nd Battalion, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in Mosul Iraq during the unit's deployment.

Sergeant First Class Peter Lara, Company C, 2nd Battalion, was awarded the Silver Star for actions in Mosul Iraq during the unit's deployment.

Lineage

  • Constituted 1791-03-03 in the Regular Army as the 2d Infantry
  • Organized in March 1791 in New England
  • Redesignated in 1792 as the Infantry of the 2d Sub-Legion
  • Redesignated 1796-10-31 as the 2d Infantry
  • Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 3d and 7th Infantry (both constituted 1808-04-12)
    and the 44th Infantry (constituted 1813-01-29) to form the 1st Infantry.
  • Consolidated in April 1869 with the 43d Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 1866-09-21),
    and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Infantry
  • Assigned 1918-09-11 to the 13th Division
  • Relieved 1919-03-08 from assignment to the 13th Division
  • Assigned 1921-07-27 to the 2d Division
  • Relieved 1939-10-16 from assignment to the 2d Division
    and assigned to the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division)
  • Inactivated 1949-01-10 in Korea
  • Activated 1950-10-04 at Fort Ord, California
  • Relieved 1956-04-03 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division
  • Assigned 1956-05-15 to the United States Military Academy
  • Relieved 1958-05-15 from assignment to the United States Military Academy
    and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 1985-03-16 from the Combat Arms Regimental System
    and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 2005-10-01 as the 1st Infantry Regiment

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War of 1812:
  1. Canada;
  2. Lundy's Lane;
  3. New Orleans;
  4. Alabama 1814;
  5. Florida 1814;
  6. Alabama 1815;
  7. Louisiana 1815
  • Mexican-American War:
  1. Monterey;
  2. Vera Cruz
  • Civil War:
  1. Mississippi River;
  2. Vicksburg;
  3. Missouri 1861;
  4. Texas 1861;
  5. Mississippi 1862
  • Indian Wars:
  1. Miami;
  2. Creeks;
  3. Seminoles;
  4. Black Hawk;
  5. Apaches;
  6. Pine Ridge;
  7. Texas 1850
  • Spanish-American War:
  1. Santiago
  • Philippine-American War:
  1. Samar 1901
  • World War II:
  1. New Guinea (with arrowhead);
  2. Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism:
  1. Iraq

Decorations

  1. for QUANG TIN PROVINCE
  2. for IRAQ 15 AUGUST 2005 TO 15 DECEMBER 2006

References

  1. Pierce, Frank Cushman (1917). A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company,. pp. 78–79.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.