Raised from units at Ft. Hood, TX, and sent to
Vietnam in Oct 1967. The 198th quickly became part
of the new 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division, serving
in I CTZ until it left Vietnam in Nov 1971.

Hq and Hq Co, 198th Inf Bde

1st Bn/6th Inf
1st Bn/46th Inf
5th Bn/46th Inf
1st Bn/52nd Inf

Trp H/17th Cav
1st Bn/14th Arty (105mm How)

9th Support Bn
555th Engr Co (absorbed into 26th Engr Bn)

Worn from:
10 July 1967 - February 1969.

Blue and white are the colors associated with infantry.
The tongue of flame alludes to the unit's firepower, and the bayonet,
a basic infantry weapon, is symbolic of carrying the fight to the enemy.
Together, the flame and bayonet refer to the unit's spirit and readiness
to engage the enemy in a fire fight or hand-to-hand combat with the bayonet.

Campaigns:
World War II (Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe),
Vietnam Counteroffensive Phases II/III/IV/V/ VI/VII,
Tet and Tet/69 Counteroffensives, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970,
Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Consolidation I).

Decorations:
Belgian Fourragere 1940, cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian army for action at the Siegfried Line,
Elsenborn Crest, and the Ardennes,
Republic of Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry with Palm
(streamers embroidered Vietnam 1969 - 1970;
Vietnam April - June 1971; and).
Vietnam June- October 1971