Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 Oct 2020

32d Infantry Regiment

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 32d Infantry
  • Organized 7 August 1916 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Assigned 31 July 1918 to the 16th Division
  • Relieved 8 March 1919 from assignment to the 16th Division
  • Inactivated 1 November 1921 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
  • Assigned 1 July 1940 to the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division) and activated at Camp Ord, California
  • Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 28 August 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Withdrawn 17 December 1994 from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 32d Infantry Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
  • Eastern Mandates
  • Leyte (with arrowhead)
  • Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
  • Korean War
  • UN Defensive
  • UN Offensive
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL KOREA (earned by 3d Battalion, 32d Infantry)
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KUMHWA (earned by 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry)
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CHOSIN RESERVOIR (earned by 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry)
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NURISTAN PROVINCE 2009 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2017-2018 (earned by 1st Battalion)
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953 (earned by 32d Infantry)
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1957 (earned by 32d Infantry)

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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