Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 September 2011
19th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP
1st SPECIAL FORCES REGIMENT
Parent unit constituted 5 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, Third Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian-American organization
Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana
Disbanded 6 January 1945 in France
Reconstituted 15 April 1960 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
Withdrawn 1 May 1961 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army National
Guard; group concurrently organized from existing units in Utah with Headquarters
at Fort Douglas
Reorganized 1 April-1 May 1963 to consist of elements in the Utah and Montana Army National Guard; location of Headquarters changed 1 April 1963 to Salt Lake City
Reorganized 3 January-25 February 1966 to consist of elements in the Utah,
Montana, Maryland, Rhode Island, New York, and West Virginia Army National Guard
Reorganized 1 December 1967-1 March 1968 to consist of elements in the Utah, Montana, Maryland, Rhode Island, New York, West Virginia, and Colorado Army National Guard
Reorganized 1 September 1972-1 February 1973 to consist of elements in the Utah, Montana, New York, West Virginia, and Colorado Army National Guard
Reorganized 1 April 1975 to consist of elements in the Utah, Montana, West Virginia, and Colorado Army National Guard
Reorganized 28 February-1 March 1979 to consist of elements in the Utah,
Montana, West Virginia, Colorado, and Rhode Island Army National Guard
Reorganized 1 October 1979 to consist of elements in the Utah, West Virginia, Colorado, and Rhode Island Army National Guard
Reorganized 1 September 1996 to consist of elements in the Utah, California, Colorado, Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia Army National Guard
(1st Special Forces redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Special Forces Regiment)
(2d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 28 October 2005 at home stations; released from active Federal service 27 October 2006 and reverted to state control)
Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of elements in the Utah, California, Colorado, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia Army National Guard
(2d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 19 September 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 18 September 2009 and reverted to state control)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Aleutian Islands
Naples-Foggia
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Riverton, Utah) additionally entitled to:
World War II
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
Company A (North Providence Rangers, Middletown, Rhode Island), 2d Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Revolutionary War
Rhode Island 1777
Rhode Island 1778
Civil War
Bull Run
Peninsula
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Shenandoah
Appomattox
Virginia 1863
Company B (Columbus, Ohio), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
Iraq:
National Resolution
DECORATIONS
Headquarters Company (Riverton, Utah) entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER
1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History