Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
3d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
(Cottonbalers)
- Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company of the 8th Infantry
- Organized in 1812 in Tennessee, Georgia, or the adjacent territories
- Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 24th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812) and a company of the 39th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 7th Infantry
- Designated 21 August 1816 as Company C, 7th Infantry
- Consolidated 26 May 1869 with Company C, 36th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 7th Infantry
- (7th Infantry assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division [later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 7th Infantry
- Withdrawn 11 May 1959 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 102d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battle Group activated 1 June 1959 with Headquarters at Danville, Illinois
- Inactivated 1 April 1963 at Danville, Illinois, and relieved from assignment to the 102d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 23 March 1966 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 October 1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade
- Assigned 21 March 1973 to the 197th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 16 October 1987 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 197th Infantry Brigade
- Assigned 16 December 1987 to the 24th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
- Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 March 2004 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company C, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Organized 16 October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1866 as Company C, 36th Infantry
- Consolidated 26 May 1869 with Company C, 7th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 7th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War of 1812
- *Canada
- New Orleans
- *Florida 1814
- Louisiana 1815
- Mexican War
- *Monterey
- *Vera Cruz
- *Cerro Gordo
- *Contreras
- *Churubusco
- *Molino del Rey
- *Chapultepec
- *Texas 1846
- Civil War
- Fredericksburg
- *Murfreesborough
- *Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Chickamauga
- Chattanooga
- Atlanta
- New Mexico 1861
- *New Mexico 1862
- *Kentucky 1862
- Mississippi 1862
- *Tennessee 1862
- *Tennessee 1863
- Georgia 1864
- Indian Wars
- *Creeks
- Seminoles
- *Little Big Horn
- *Nez Perces
- *Utes
- *Pine Ridge
- New Mexico 1860
- Wyoming 1866
- *Montana 1872
- War with Spain
- *Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Samar 1901
- Samar 1902
- World War I
- *Aisne
- *Champagne-Marne
- *Aisne-Marne
- *St. Mihiel
- *Meuse-Argonne
- *Champagne 1918
- *Ile de France 1918
- World War II
- *Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- *Tunisia
- *Sicily (with arrowhead)
- *Naples-Foggia
- *Anzio (with arrowhead)
- *Rome-Arno
- *Southern France
- (with arrowhead)
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- *Central Europe
- Korean War
- *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, 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
- Southwest Asia
- *Defense of Saudi Arabia
- *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Iraqi Sovereignty
- *New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns
to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHOKSONG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SEGOK
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOWANG-NI
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON - LONG BINH
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2005-2006
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001
- *French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR
- *French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR)
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
- *Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (7th Infantry cited; DA GO 2, 1956)
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 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
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History