1st Squadron,
6th Cavalry
(The Fighting Sixth)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 January 2000
1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 4 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Cavalry
Organized June-October 1861 in Maryland and the District of Columbia
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company A, 6th Cavalry
(6th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 3d Cavalry Division
Consolidated 14 October 1929 with Troop D, 6th Cavalry (organized in 1861) and consolidated unit designated as Troop A, 6th Cavalry
(6th Cavalry relieved 1 December 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1942 as Troop A, 6th Cavalry, Mechanized
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as Troop A, 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 6th Constabulary Squadron
Converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as Company A, 6th Armored Cavalry (Former Troop D, 6th Cavalry, concurrently withdrawn from Company A, 6th Armored Cavalry - hereafter separate lineage)
Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1960 as Troop A, 6th Armored Cavalry
Inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 22 June 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Relieved 21 February 1975 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 July 1996 in Korea
1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: *Peninsula; *Antietam; *Fredericksburg; *Chancellorsville; *Gettysburg; *Wilderness; *Spotsylvania; *Cold Harbor; *Petersburg; *Shenandoah; *Appomattox; *Virginia 1862; *Virginia 1863; *Virginia 1864; *Virginia 1865; *Maryland 1863
Indian Wars: *Comanches; Apaches; *Pine Ridge; Oklahoma 1874; *Texas 1874; *Arizona 1876; *Arizona 1881; Arizona 1882; *New Mexico 1882; Colorado 1884
War with Spain: *Santiago
China Relief Expedition: *Streamer without inscription
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
Mexican Expedition: *Mexico 1916-1917
World War I: *Streamer without inscription
World War II: *Normandy; *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HARLANGE POCKET