1st Battalion
26th Infantry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
1st Battalion
26th Infantry Regiment Lineage
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Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command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
1st Battalion
26th Infantry Regiment Honors
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
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)
*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