Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2016
16th Infantry Regiment
(Semper Paratus)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry
- Organized July 1861 - February 1862 at Fort Independence, Massachusetts, and Perryville, Maryland
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1866 as the 11th Infantry
- Consolidated 28 March - 6 April 1869 with the 34th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit redesignated as the 16th Infantry
- Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
- Relieved 15 February 1957 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 28 February 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 16th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry
- Organized in April 1864 at Madison Barracks, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 34th Infantry
- Consolidated 28 March - 6 April 1869 with the 11th Infantry and consolidated unit redesignated as the 16th Infantry
Campaign Participation Credit
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Cheyennes
- Utes
- Pine Ridge
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Luzon 1899
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- World War I
- Montdidier-Noyon
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1917
- Lorraine 1918
- Picardy 1918
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MATEUR, TUNISIA; (earned by 1st Battalion)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SICILY; (earned by 1st Battalion)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NISCEMI, SICILY; (earned by 2d Battalion)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST; (earned by 1st Battalion)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST AND WEISWEILER, GERMANY; (earned by 2d Battalion)
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HAMICH, GERMANY; (earned by 3d Battalion)
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991; (earned by 5th Battalion)
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991; (earned by elements of 2d Battalion)
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE; (earned by 1st Battalion)
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008; (earned by 2d Battalion)
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010; (earned by 2d Battalion)
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013; (earned by 2d Battalion) 1st Battalion)
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2009; (earned by 1st Battalion)
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- Belgian Fourragere 1940; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons; (earned by 16th Infantry)
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy; (earned by 16th Infantry)
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History