393rd (Infantry) Regiment, US Army

393RD (INFANTRY) REGIMENT, US ARMY

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Azure, over a pairle reversed Argent a castle Or.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto: PATRIOTIC SERVICE.

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, over a pairle reversed Argent a castle Or. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "PATRIOTIC SERVICE" in Black letters.

Origin/meaning

The 393d Infantry was organized as a unit of the Organized Reserves in November, 1921. The shield is blue for Infantry. The pairle reversed represents the Allegheny and Mononaghela Rivers going to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, the location of the original unit. The castle is taken from the crest of the city coat of arms.

The arms were originally approved for the 393d Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 7 April 1930. It was redesignated for the 393d Regiment on 26 April 1999. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 393d Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 5 April 1930. It was redesignated for the 393d Regiment on 26 April 1999.

Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.