5th Infantry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 April 2007
5th Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as the 4th Infantry
Organized May-June 1808 in New England
Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 9th and 13th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812), the 21st Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), the 40th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813), and the 46th Infantry (constituted 30 March 1814) to form the 5th Infantry
Consolidated in June 1869 with one half of the 37th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry
Assigned 27 July 1918 to the 17th Division
Relieved 10 February 1919 from assignment to the 17th Division
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division
Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division
Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division
Relieved 15 July 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division
Assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division (later redesignated as the 71st Infantry Division)
Relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 November 1946 in Austria
Activated 1 January 1949 in Korea
Assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division
Relieved 25 August 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division
Assigned 1 September 1956 to the 8th Infantry Division
Relieved 1 August 1957 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 April 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 5th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry
Organized May 1865-September 1866 at Fort Wayne, Michigan; Newport Barracks, Kentucky; and Fort Columbus, New York
Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as the 37th Infantry
One half of the 37th Infantry consolidated in June 1869 with the 5th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry (remaining half of the 37th Infantry consolidated August-December 1869 with the 3d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Infantry - hereafter separate lineage)
5th Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: Canada; Chippewa; Lundy's Lane
Mexican War: Palo Alto; Resaca de la Palma; Monterey; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec; Vera Cruz 1847
Civil War: New Mexico 1862
Indian Wars: Tippecanoe; Seminoles; Comanches; Little Big Horn; Nez Perces; Bannocks; New Mexico 1860; Montana 1879; Montana 1880; Montana 1881; Montana 1887
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
World War II: American Theater, Streamer without inscription; Rhineland; Central Europe
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
Vietnam: 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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHINJU
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BEN CUI
Valorous Unit Award for CU CHI DISTRICT
Valorous Unit Award for NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1954