Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry

            Organized 24 August 1861 at Indianapolis, Indiana

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1866 as Company A, 19th Infantry

            Consolidated 17 April 1869 with Company A, 28th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 19th Infantry

            (19th Infantry assigned 29 July 1918 to the 18th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 18th Division; assigned 17 October 1922 to the Hawaiian Division [later redesignated as the 24th Infantry Division])

            Redesignated 5 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 19th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 24th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated 1 July 1958 in Germany)

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry

            Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas

            Relieved 5 June 1972 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

            Inactivated 16 June 1986 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division

            Headquarters transferred 28 August 1987 to the United States Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia

            Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment

 

ANNEX

            Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry

            Organized 31 March 1863 at Fort Wayne, Michigan

            Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1866 as Company A, 28th Infantry

            Consolidated 17 April 1869 with Company A, 19th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 19th Infantry

 

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DECORATIONS

             Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE

            *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAVAO

            *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA

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

            *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK

            *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: