Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 October 2016
1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment
(Vanguards)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Organized 17 September 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
- Redesignated 20 September 1861 as Company H, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Redesignated 19 October 1861 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 18th Infantry
- Consolidated in April 1869 with Company E, 25th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 18th Infantry
- (18th 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, 18th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 14 April 1959 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Inactivated 1 November 1983 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 June 1989 to the 197th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Relieved 16 August 1991 from assignment to the 197th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 March 2008 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry
- Organized 2 May 1865 at Fort Ontario, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company E, 25th Infantry
- Consolidated in April 1869 with Company A, 18th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 18th Infantry
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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- New Dawn
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEJA, TUNISIA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AACHEN, GERMANY
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH LONG PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DI AN DISTRICT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1998-1999
- 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 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE FEB-MAR 2007
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE FEB 2006-FEB 2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History