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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