Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2010
1st BATTALION, 24th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(DEUCE FOUR)
Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 38th Infantry
Organized 1 October 1866 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Consolidated 15 March 1869 with Company A, 41st Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Company A, 24th Infantry
(24th Infantry assigned 1 February 1947 to the 25th Infantry Division; relieved
1 August 1951 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 1 October 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 16 August 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 December 2006 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
ANNEX
Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 41st Infantry
Organized 25 December 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Indian Wars
*Comanches
War with Spain
*Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
*San Isidro
*Luzon 1900
Mexican Expedition
*Mexico 1916-1917
World War II
*Northern Solomons
*Western Pacific
Korean War
*UN Defensive
*UN Offensive
*CCF Intervention
*First UN Counteroffensive
*CCF Spring Offensive
*UN Summer-Fall Offensive
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
*Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to
be determined)
DECORATIONS
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASAN-CHINJU
Company B additionally entitled to:
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History