26th Infantry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
26th Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 26th Infantry
Organized 22 February 1901 with Headquarters at Fort McPherson, Georgia
(1st Battalion organized in December 1900 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as the 1st Provisional Battalion of Infantry; redesignated 7 February 1901 as the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry)
(2d Battalion organized March-April 1901 at Fort McPherson, Georgia; redesignated
29 May 1901 as the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry -- hereafter separate lineage; new 2d Battalion, 26th Infantry, organized 1 July 1901 in the Philippine Islands)
(3d Battalion organized in January 1901 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as the 2d Provisional Battalion of Infantry; redesignated 8 February 1901 as the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry; redesignated 29 May 1901 as the 3d Battalion, 26th 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Withdrawn 3 April 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Withdrawn 15 January 1996 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 26th Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
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: Iraq
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STOLBERG
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AP GU
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ (OCT-NOV 2004)
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy