Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 April 2012
1st BATTALION,
32d INFANTRY REGIMENT
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Company A, 32d Infantry
- Organized 7 August 1916 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- (32d Infantry assigned 31 July 1918 to the 16th Division; relieved 8 March 1919 from assignment to the 16th Division)
- Inactivated 13 September 1921 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
- Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California, as an element of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 32d Infantry, and remained assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry
- Relieved 31 March 1971 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 21 October 1978 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
- Assigned 7 August 1980 to the 7th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Ord, California
- Inactivated 10 June 1987 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York
- Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- *Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
- *Eastern Mandates
- *Leyte (with arrowhead)
- *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
- Korean War
- *UN Defensive
- *UN Offensive
- *CCF Intervention
- *First UN Counteroffensive
- *CCF Spring Offensive
- *UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- *Second Korean Winter
- *Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- *Third Korean Winter
- *Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- *Consolidation I
- *Consolidation II
- *Consolidation III
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL KOREA
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KUMHWA
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON *Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CHOSIN RESERVOIR
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004 *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NURISTAN PROVINCE 2009
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
- *Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
- *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1971
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2008-DEC 2009
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History