Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 July 2012
1ST BATTALION,
26th INFANTRY REGIMENT
- Organized 25 December 1900 in the Regular Army at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as Company A, 1st Provisional Battalion of Infantry
- Consolidated 7 February 1901 with Company A, 26th Infantry (constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 26th Infantry
- (26th Infantry assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division])
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 26th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 14 April 1959 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
- Relieved 24 October 1962 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
- Relieved 15 February 1963 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
- Inactivated 24 February 1983 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
- Headquarters transferred 3 April 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Battalion assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 March 2008 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Philippine Insurrection
- *Streamer without inscription
- World War I
- *Montdidier-Noyon
- *Aisne-Marne
- *St. Mihiel
- *Meuse-Argonne
- *Lorraine 1917
- *Lorraine 1918
- *Picardy 1918
- World War II
- *Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- *Tunisia
- *Sicily (with arrowhead)
- *Normandy (with arrowhead)
- *Northern France
- *Rhineland
- *Ardennes-Alsace
- *Central Europe
- Vietnam
- *Defense
- *Counteroffensive
- *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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Transition of Iraq
- *Iraqi Governance
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STOLBERG
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AP GU
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ (OCT-NOV 2004)
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KUNAR PROVINCE 2008
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE - MARNE
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE -ARGONNE
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
- *French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- *French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
- *Belgian Fourragere 1940
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
- *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
- *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History