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1st Infantry Regiment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 September 1996

First US 1st Infantry Regiment

• Constituted 3 June 1784 in the Regular Army as the First American Regiment to consist of companies from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

• Organized August-September 1784 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (New York and Connecticut companies organized in 1785)

• Redesignated 29 September 1789 as the Regiment of Infantry

• Redesignated 3 March 1791 as the 1st Infantry

• Redesignated in 1792 as the Infantry of the 1st Sub-Legion

• Redesignated 31 October 1796 as the 1st Infantry

• Consolidated May-October 1815 with the US 5th Infantry Regiment (constituted 12 April 1808), the US 17th Infantry Regiment (constituted 11 January 1812), the US 19th Infantry Regiment (constituted 26 June 1812), and the US 28th Infantry Regiment (constituted 29 January 1813) to form the US 3rd Infantry Regiment, which see:

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Second US 1st Infantry Regiment

• First US 2nd Infantry Regiment consolidated May-October 1815 with the US 3rd Infantry Regiment and US 7th Infantry Regiment (both constituted 12 April 1808) and the US 44th Infantry Regiment (constituted 29 January 1813) to form the US 1st Infantry Regiment.

• Consolidated in April 1869 with the US 43d Infantry Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Infantry

• Assigned 11 September 1918 to the US 13th Infantry Division

• Relieved 8 March 1919 from assignment to the 13th Division

• Assigned 27 July 1921 to the US 2nd Infantry Division

• Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division and assigned to the 6th Division (later redesignated as the US 6th Infantry Division)

• Inactivated 10 January 1949 in Korea

• Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California

• Relieved 3 April 1956 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division

• Assigned 15 May 1956 to the United States Military Academy

• Relieved 15 May 1958 from assignment to the United States Military Academy and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

• Withdrawn 16 March 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

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1st Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

• War of 1812: Canada; Lundy's Lane; New Orleans; Alabama 1814; Florida 1814; Alabama 1815; Louisiana 1815

• Mexican War: Monterey; Vera Cruz

• Civil War: Mississippi River; Vicksburg; Missouri 1861; Texas 1861; Mississippi 1862

• Indian Wars: Miami; Creeks; Seminoles; Black Hawk; Apaches; Pine Ridge; Texas 1850

• War with Spain: Santiago

• Philippine Insurrection: Samar 1901

• World War II: New Guinea (with arrowhead); Luzon (with arrowhead)

• Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MAFFIN BAY

• Valorous Unit Award for QUANG TIN PROVINCE

• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945