18th Infantry
(Vanguards)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 January 2004
18th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
Organized 22 July 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 18th Infantry
Consolidated in April 1869 with the 25th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 18th Infantry
Assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
Relieved 15 February 1957 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry
Organized 12 May 1862 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 25th Infantry
Consolidated in April 1869 with the 18th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 18th Infantry
18th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: Murfreesborough; Chickamauga; Chattanooga; Atlanta; Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1862; Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864
Indian Wars: Dakota 1867; Wyoming 1867; Montana 1881; Montana 1882
War with Spain: Manila
Philippine Insurrection: Iloilo; Panay 1899; Panay 1900
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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BEJA, TUNISIA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for AACHEN, GERMANY
Valorous Unit Award for BINH LONG PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for DI AN DISTRICT
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
Army Superior Unit Award for 1998-1999
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for 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