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21st Infantry Regiment

Constituted 1861 · 537 honoured here served in it

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21st Infantry Regiment — Distinctive unit insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

Authorised 26 March 1923

A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/8 inches (3.49cm) in height overall consisting of the shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms.

Blue and white are the colors used for the Infantry. Organized in 1862 as the 2d Battalion, 12th Infantry, the Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac and served in numerous engagements. The cedar tree commemorates the Regiment's baptism of fire at Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862, where it performed its mission with such success as to receive special mention from General Prince, the brigade commander. The arrows of the crest and the rattlesnake skin, an Indian emblem of war, allude to eight campaigns during the Indian Wars. The five-bastioned fort, the badge of the 5th Corps at Santiago during the war with Spain. The Katipunan sun refers to campaign participation during the Philippine Insurrection.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 Mar 1923. Coat of Arms

21st Infantry Regiment — Coat of arms
Coat of arms

Authorised 26 March 1923

Party per fess Azure and Argent, in chief a sun in splendor Or charged with five-bastioned fort of the first, in base a cedar tree eradicated Proper. On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure four arrows Sable armed and feathered Gules, tied with a rattlesnake skin Proper. DUTY.

Blue and white are the colors used for the Infantry. Organized in 1862 as the 2d Battalion, 12th Infantry, the Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac and served in numerous engagements. The cedar tree commemorates the Regiment's baptism of fire at Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862, where it performed its mission with such success as to receive special mention from General Prince, the brigade commander. The arrows of the crest and the rattlesnake skin, an Indian emblem of war, allude to eight campaigns during the Indian Wars. The five-bastioned fort, the badge of the 5th Corps at Santiago during the war with Spain. The Katipunan sun refers to campaign participation during the Philippine Insurrection.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 Mar 1923. Coat of Arms

Lineage and Honours
Campaign participation
World War II
Where It Sits
Assigned to
196th Infantry Brigade Organic · 385 men 11th Infantry Brigade Attached · 151 men 198th Infantry Brigade Reported · 1 man

537 of the men and women on this memorial served in this formation. See them.

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Country United States
Service U.S. Army
Echelon Regiment
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