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Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 October 2015

20th Infantry Regiment
(Syke's Regulars)

  • Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 11th Infantry
  • Organized 6 June 1862 at Fort Independence, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and redesignated 6 December 1866 as the 20th Infantry
  • Assigned 9 July 1918 to the 10th Division
  • Relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 10th Division
  • Assigned 18 September 1920 to the 2d Division
  • Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division and assigned to the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division)
  • Inactivated 10 January 1949 at Kwangju, Korea
  • Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California
  • Relieved 3 April 1956 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 15 November 1957 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
  • Withdrawn 16 August 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 20th Infantry Regiment

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
  • Pine Ridge
  • War with Spain
  • Santiago
  • Philippine Insurrection
  • Manila
  • Luzon 1901
  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Luzon (with arrowhead)
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAFFIN BAY
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CABARUAN HILLS
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MUNOZ
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1972
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2000
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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