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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 May 2014

1st BATTALION,
5th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(BOBCATS)

  • Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as a company of the 4th Infantry
  • Organized in May or June 1808 in New England
  • Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company each of the 9th and 13th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812), a company of the 21st Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), a company of the 40th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813), and a company of the 46th Infantry (constituted 30 March 1814) to form a company of the 5th Infantry
  • Designated 22 May 1816 as Company A, 5th Infantry
  • Consolidated in June 1869 with part of Company K, 37th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 5th Infantry
  • (5th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 17th Division; relieved 10 February 1919 from assignment to the 17th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division; relieved 15 July 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division; assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division [later redesignated as the 71st Infantry Division]; relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division)
  • Inactivated 15 November 1946 in Austria
  • Activated 1 January 1949 in Korea
  • (5th Infantry assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division; relieved 25 August 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division; assigned 1 September 1956 to the 8th Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 5th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 8th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Relieved 1 February 1959 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
  • Relieved 1 February 1963 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry
  • Inactivated 16 January 1986 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
  • Assigned 16 April 1987 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea
  • Relieved 16 August 1995 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
  • Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
  • Assigned 16 December 2006 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
  • ANNEX
  • Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company K, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry
  • Organized 25 September 1866 at Fort Columbus, New York
  • Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as Company K, 37th Infantry
  • Consolidated in June 1869 with Company A and Company B, 5th Infantry, and consolidated units designated as Company A and Company B, 5th Infantry (Company B, 5th Infantry--hereafter separate lineage)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • War of 1812
  • *Canada
  • *Chippewa
  • *Lundy's Lane
  • Mexican War
  • *Palo Alto
  • *Resaca de la Palma
  •   Monterey
  • *Churubusco
  • *Molino del Rey
  • *Chapultepec
  •   Vera Cruz 1847
  • Civil War
  • New Mexico 1862
  • Indian Wars
  • *Tippecanoe
  • *Seminoles
  •   Comanches
  • *Little Big Horn
  •   Nez Perces
  • *Bannocks
  • *New Mexico 1860
  • *Montana 1879
  •   Montana 1880
  • *Montana 1881
  • *Montana 1887
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • *Streamer without inscription
  • World War II
  • *American Theater, Streamer
  • without inscription
  • *Rhineland
  • *Central Europe
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • *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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • *Iraqi Surge
  • *Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns

DECORATIONS

  •   Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHINJU
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SONGNAE-DONG
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEN CUI
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
  • *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
  • *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
  • *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
  • *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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