7th Cavalry
(Garry Owen)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 July 2003
7th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as the 7th Cavalry
Organized 21 September 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division
Relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
Assigned 13 September 1921 to the 1st Cavalry Division
(Reorganized 4 December 1943 partly under cavalry and partly under infantry tables of organization and equipment, and the 1st Cavalry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special; regiment reorganized 25 July 1945 wholly as infantry, but retained cavalry designations)
Regimental troops redesignated 25 March 1949 as companies (1st Cavalry Division, Special concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division)
Relieved 15 October 1957 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1957 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 February 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
7th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Indian Wars: Comanches; Little Big Horn; Nez Perces; Pine Ridge; Montana 1873; North Dakota 1874
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916-1917
World War II: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead); Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Third Korean Winter
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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ANTIPOLO, LUZON
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for YONCHON, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAEGU, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PUSAN, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH THUAN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for QUANG TIN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA