16th Cavalry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 June 1993
16th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 16th Cavalry and organized at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Inactivated 12 November 1921 at Forts Sam Houston and McIntosh, Texas
Redesignated 15 June 1942 as the 16th Cavalry, Mechanized, and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Regiment broken up 22 December 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 16th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
1st and 2d Squadrons as the 16th and 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized
After 22 December 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 16th Cavalry Group, Mechanized,
converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,
16th Constabulary Squadron, and assigned to the 4th Constabulary Regiment (organic
elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1948 as Headquarters and Service Troop,
16th Constabulary Squadron
Relieved 1 February 1949 from assignment to the 4th Constabulary Regiment
Inactivated 27 November 1950 in Germany
Redesignated 9 March 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armored
Cavalry Group (organic elements of the 16th Constabulary Squadron concurrently
disbanded)
Activated 1 April 1951 at Camp Cooke, California
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 16th Armor Group
16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 10 February 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas
19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated
10 November 1945 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 19th Cavalry
Group, Mechanized (organic elements of the 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
Mechanized, concurrently absorbed) and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 6 November 1946 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Redesignated 2 January 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armored
Cavalry Group and activated in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armor Group
Inactivated 1 July 1955 in Germany
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group (active) consolidated 2 July 1955 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armor Group, and the 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group
(Former elements of the 16th Cavalry withdrawn 1 March 1957 from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group and redesignated as elements of the 16th Cavalry)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group, inactivated 15 April 1968 at Fort Knox, Kentucky; Headquarters concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 16th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
16th Armor redesignated 2 September 1969 as the 16th Cavalry
Withdrawn 25 March 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 with Headquarters at Fort Knox, Kentucky
16th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1967