Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 April 2010
1st BATTALION, 12th INFANTRY REGIMENT
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry
Organized 20 October 1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as Company A, 12th Infantry
(12th Infantry assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division; relieved
1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division; relieved 10 October 1941 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 12th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry
Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Petersburg
Virginia 1862
*Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Modocs
Bannocks
*Pine Ridge
War with Spain
*Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
*Malolos
*Tarlac
*Luzon 1899
World War II
*Normandy (with arrowhead)
*Northern France
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
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
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
Company B additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KONTUM
Company C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KONTUM
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
NOV 2005-NOV 2006
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History