Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 December 2008
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
1st INFANTRY DIVISION
(THE BIG RED ONE)
Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Expeditionary Division
Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
Redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters, 1st Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
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
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
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 Croix de Guerre, World War II, 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
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965‑1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965‑1970
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History