1st Battalion
22d Infantry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
1st Battalion
22d Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Companies A and I, 2d Battalion, 13th Infantry
Organized 15 May 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Companies A and I, 22d Infantry
Companies A and I, 22d Infantry, consolidated 4 May 1869 and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 22d Infantry
(22d Infantry assigned 24 March 1923 to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 30 June 1927 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Inactivated 1 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 22d Infantry, and remained assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 22d Infantry
Inactivated 1 August 1984 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Assigned 1 May 1986 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York
Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion
22d Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; *Pine Ridge; North Dakota 1868; North Dakota 1869; Montana 1872
War with Spain: *Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: *Manila; *Malolos; *San Isidro; *Mindanao; *Jolo; *Luzon 1900
World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Vietnam: *Counteroffensive Phase II; *Counteroffensive Phase III; *Tet Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase IV; *Counteoffensive, Phase V; *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counteroffensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970; *Sanctuary Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase VII; *Consolidation I; *Consolidation II
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CARENTAN
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ST. GILLIS-MARIGNY
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST
*Valorous Unit Award for KONTUM
*Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ 2003-2004
*Valorous Unit Award for BAGHDAD 2008-2009
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2005-2006
*Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969
Company A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
Company B additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for EUPHRATES RIVER VALLEY
Valorous Unit Award for YUSUFIYAH, IRAQ
Company C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ 2006
Company D additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for BAGHDAD MAR-NOV 2008
Company E additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ OCT 2005-SEP 2006