Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 March 2017
1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment
(The Regulars)
- Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company of the 11th Infantry
- Organized March-May 1812 in Vermont, New Hampshire, or Connecticut
- Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 25th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812) and a company each of the 27th, 29th, and 37th Infantry (all constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 6th Infantry
- Designated 22 May 1816 as Company A, 6th Infantry
- Consolidated 1 May 1869 with Company A, 42d Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 6th Infantry
- (6th Infantry assigned 18 November 1917 to the 5th Division; relieved in August 1921 from assignment to the 5th Division; assigned 24 March 1923 to the 6th Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 6th Division)
- Reorganized 15 July 1940 as Company A, 6th Infantry (Armored), an element of the 1st Armored Division
- Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Company A, 6th Armored Infantry, an element of the 1st Armored Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Company A, 6th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 1st Armored Division
- Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 12th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 1st Constabulary Regiment
- Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany
- Converted and redesignated 10 October 1950 as Company A, 6th Infantry (12th Constabulary Squadron concurrently relieved from assignment to the 1st Constabulary Regiment)
- Activated 16 October 1950 in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Rifle Battalion, 6th Infantry, and assigned to the 1st Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
- Relieved 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade
- Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 23d Infantry Division
- Relieved 13 September 1972 from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
- Relieved 17 January 1992 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment
- Relieved 16 September 2010 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- War of 1812
- Canada
- Chippewa
- Lundy's Lane
- Mexican War
- Vera Cruz
- Cerro Gordo
- Churubusco
- Molino del Rey
- Chapultepec
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Virginia 1862
- Indian Wars
- Seminoles
- Black Hawk
- Little Big Horn
- Cheyennes
- Utes
- South Dakota 1823
- Kansas 1829
- Nebraska 1855
- Kansas 1857
- Nevada 1860
- North Dakota 1872
- North Dakota 1873
- Montana 1879
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Jolo
- Negros 1899
- Panay 1900
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Vietnam
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ORAN, ALGERIA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MT. PORCHIA
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AL KUT AND AN NAJAF
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered LO GIANG
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ APR 2008-MAY 2009
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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