Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 April 2010
1st BATTALION, 14th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(golden dragons)
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry
Organized 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut
Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1862 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 14th Infantry
Consolidated 26 July 1869 with Company G, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 14th Infantry
(14th Infantry assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th 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 1 September 1946 in Germany
Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado
(14th Infantry assigned 1 August 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 14th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry
Relieved 1 August 1967 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Relieved 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
Relieved 16 October 2005 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Petersburg
*Virginia 1862
*Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Little Big Horn
Bannocks
Arizona 1866
Wyoming 1874
War with Spain
*Manila
China Relief Expedition
Yang-tsun
Peking
Philippine Insurrection
*Manila
*Laguna de Bay
*Zapote River
Cavite
*Luzon 1899
World War II
*Rhineland
*Central Europe
Korean War
*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:
*Transition of Iraq
*Iraqi Governance
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CHU LAI
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAJI, IRAQ
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-NI
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
Company A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History