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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011

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128th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(LES TERRIBLES)

 

Organized in April and May 1861 at Milwaukee and Madison from existing independent companies as the 1st and 2d Regiments, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, respectively

1st Regiment mustered into Federal service 17 May 1861 at Milwaukee; mustered out of Federal service 22 August 1861 at Milwaukee
Reorganized and mustered into Federal service 8-9 October 1861 at Milwaukee; mustered out of Federal service 13-14 October 1864 at Milwaukee

2d Regiment mustered into Federal service 11 June 1861 at Madison; non-veterans mustered out of Federal service 2 July 1864 at Madison and veterans and recruits organized into a two-company battalion
Redesignated 30 November 1864 as Companies G and H, 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
                Mustered out of Federal service 14 July 1865 at Jeffersonville, Indiana

        Reorganized 1866-1870 in the Wisconsin State Militia as independent companies

        Independent companies reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1870 as the 1st Regiment

        1st Regiment disbanded in December 1875 and its elements reorganized as independent companies

        (Wisconsin State Militia redesignated 20 March 1879 as the Wisconsin National Guard)

        Independent companies reorganized 1880-1881 as follows:

1st Battalion organized 29 March 1880 from companies in southern Wisconsin with Headquarters at Janesville

2d Battalion organized 19 February 1881 from companies in central Wisconsin with Headquarters at Oshkosh

3d Battalion organized 19 May 1881 from companies in west-central Wisconsin with Headquarters at La Crosse

4th Battalion organized 26 May 1881 from companies in south-central Wisconsin with Headquarters at Madison; disbanded 25 April 1884

        1st and 2d Battalions expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 26 April 1882 as the 1st and 2d Infantry Regiments; 3d Battalion expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 30 April 1883 as the 3d Infantry Regiment (2d Infantry Regiment--hereafter separate lineage)

        1st Infantry Regiment mustered into Federal service 14 May 1898 at Milwaukee as the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 19 October 1898 at home stations; 3d Infantry Regiment mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Milwaukee as the 3d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 4-7 January 1899 at home stations

        Former 1st Infantry Regiment consolidated 10 June 1899 with former 4th Infantry Regiment (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit reorganized in the Wisconsin National Guard as the 1st Infantry Regiment with Headquarters at Milwaukee; former 3d Infantry Regiment concurrently reorganized in the Wisconsin National Guard with Headquarters at La Crosse

        1st and 3d Infantry Regiments mustered into Federal service 30 June 1916 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin; mustered out of Federal service 19 January 1917 and 14 December 1916, respectively, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois

        3d Infantry Regiment mustered into Federal service 27 March 1917 at home stations; 1st Infantry Regiment mustered into Federal service 15 July 1917 at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin

        1st and 3d Infantry Regiments drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

        3d Infantry Regiment redesignated 24 September 1917 as the 128th Infantry and assigned to the 32d Division; 1st Infantry Regiment consolidated 27 September 1917 with the 2d Infantry Regiment (see above) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 127th Infantry and assigned to the 32d Division

        127th and 128th Infantry demobilized 18 and 19 May 1919, respectively, at Camp Grant, Illinois

        Former 3d Infantry Regiment and elements of former 1st Infantry Regiment reorganized 1919-1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard as separate companies of Infantry (remainder of former 1st Infantry Regiment and 2d Infantry Regiment--hereafter separate lineages)

        Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 128th Infantry, with Headquarters at West Salem, and assigned to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)

        (Location of Headquarters changed 10 April 1922 to Milwaukee; on 20 February 1929 to Menomonie; on 14 April 1930 to Sparta; and on 3 November 1931 to King)

        Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations

        Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan

        Reorganized and Federally recognized 11 April 1947 with Headquarters at Superior

        Reorganized 15 February 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st and 2d Battle Groups, elements of the 32d Infantry Division

        (1st and 2d Battle Groups ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released from active Federal service 10 August 1962 and reverted to state control)

        Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Division

        Reorganized 30 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade

        Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade, and the 2d Battalion

        Withdrawn 1 February 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

        Reorganized 1 July 1992 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade

        Reorganized 1 October 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division

Reorganized 1 September 2003 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 32d Infantry Brigade

 (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 20 June 2004 at home stations)
 
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 128th Infantry Regiment

(1st Battalion released from active Federal Service 4 January 2006 and reverted to state control)

Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade Combat Team (2d Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)

(1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 21 February 2009 at home stations; released from active Federal Service 7 March 2010 and reverted to state control)

ANNEX

        Organized 25 April 1884 in the Wisconsin National Guard at Milwaukee as the 4th Battalion

        Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 1892 as the 4th Infantry Regiment

        Mustered into Federal service 11 July 1898 at Milwaukee as the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 28 February 1899 at Anniston, Alabama

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                Civil War
                Bull Run
                Manassas
                Antietam
                Fredericksburg
                Murfreesborough
                Chancellorsville
                Gettysburg
                Chickamauga
                Chattanooga
                Wilderness
                Atlanta
                Spotsylvania
                Cold Harbor
                Petersburg
                Virginia 1861
                Kentucky 1862

                War with Spain
                Puerto Rico

                World War I
                Aisne-Marne
                Oise-Aisne
                Meuse-Argonne
                Alsace 1918
                Champagne 1918

                World War II
                Papua
                New Guinea
                Leyte
                Luzon

                War on Terrorism
                        Iraq:
                Iraqi Governance

                (Additional campaigns to be 
                        determined)

Company C (Arcadia), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                World War II
                Northern France

Company D (River Falls), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                World War II
                Naples-Foggia
                Rome-Arno
                North Apennines
                Po Valley

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered OISE-AISNE

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 July 1945

Headquarters Company (Eau Claire), Company A (Menomonie), and Company B (New Richmond), 1st Battalion, each additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON
       
        Company C (Arcadia), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

        Company D (River Falls), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered FROSINONE, ITALY

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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