Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 15 November 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 12 May 1942 as Company A, 87th Mountain Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1944 as Company A, 87th Infantry, an element of the 10th Light Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 November 1944 as Company A, 87th Mountain Infantry, an element of the 10th Mountain Division
- Inactivated 21 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company A, 87th Infantry, an element of the 10th Infantry Division
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 87th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 10th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 14 June 1958 from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry
- Relieved 4 September 1963 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 1 October 1983 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
- Assigned 2 May 1987 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York
- Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aleutian Islands
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Company A additionally entitled to:
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Somalia
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 2002
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2017-2018
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2017-2018
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN MAR-SEP 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History