Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2016
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
(Deuce Four)
- Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 38th Infantry
- Organized 1 October 1866 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
- Consolidated 15 March 1869 with Company A, 41st Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Company A, 24th Infantry
- (24th Infantry assigned 1 February 1947 to the 25th Infantry Division; relieved 1 August 1951 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 1 October 1951 in Korea
- Redesignated 16 August 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
- Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 December 2006 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
- ANNEX
- Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 41st Infantry
- Organized 25 December 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Campaign Participation Credit
- Indian Wars
- Comanches
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- San Isidro
- Luzon 1900
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- World War II
- Northern Solomons
- Western Pacific
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASAN-CHINJU
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History