1st Squadron
7th Cavalry
(Garry Owen)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 July 2003
1st Squadron
7th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company A, 7th Cavalry
Organized 10 September 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas
(Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)
(7th Cavalry assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division; relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division; assigned 13 September 1921 to the 1st Cavalry Division, later reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special)
Redesignated 25 March 1949 as Company A, 7th Cavalry (1st Cavalry Division, Special concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division)
(7th Cavalry relieved 15 October 1957 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 7th Cavalry, and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry
Inactivated 22 August 1972 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 20 June 1974 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1986 as the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry
1st Squadron
7th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Indian Wars: *Comanches; *Little Big Horn; *Nez Perces; *Pine Ridge; *Montana 1873; *North Dakota 1874
Mexican Expedition: *Mexico 1916-1917
World War II: *New Guinea; *Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead); *Leyte (with arrowhead); *Luzon
Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive; *Second Korean Winter; *Third Korean Winter
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; *Sanctuary Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase VII; *Consolidation I; *Consolidation II; *Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ANTIPOLO, LUZON
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for YONCHON, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAEGU, KOREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PUSAN, KOREA
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award for QUANG TIN PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953
*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971-1972
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Troop B additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH THUAN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for TAY NINH PROVINCE