Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 May 2016
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment
(Semper Paratus)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry
- Organized in September 1861 at Fort Independence, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1866 as Company A, 11th Infantry
- Consolidated 6 April 1869 with Company A, 34th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Company A, 16th Infantry
- (16th Infantry assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division])
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 16th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 13 March 1959 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry
- Relieved 25 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 May 1991 in Germany
- Activated 16 July 1991 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 September 2009 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry
- Organized in April 1864 at Madison Barracks, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 34th Infantry
- Consolidated 6 April 1869 with Company A, 11th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Company A, 16th Infantry
Campaign Participation Credit
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Cheyennes
- Utes
- Pine Ridge
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Luzon 1899
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
Company B additionally entitled to:
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MATEUR, TUNISIA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SICILY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NISCEMI, SICILY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST AND WEISWEILER, GERMANY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HAMICH, GERMANY
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2009
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
- 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 Medaille Militaire, 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 Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR-DEC 2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ SEP 2006-AUG 2007
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ OCT 2006-JUN 2007
- Company D additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR-DEC 2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History