Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 Jan 2020
1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
(Fighting Eagles)
- Organized 1 July 1838 as a detachment of recruits at Detroit, Michigan
- Designated 5 July 1838 as Company A, 8th Infantry (concurrently constituted in the Regular Army)
- Consolidated in May 1869 with Company A, 33d Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 8th Infantry
- (8th Infantry assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division; relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division [later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry
- Inactivated 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
- ANNEX
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry
- Organized by March 1864 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 33d Infantry
- Consolidated in May 1869 with Company A, 8th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 8th Infantry
Campaign Participation Credit
- Mexican War
- Palo Alto
- Resaca de la Palma
- Monterey
- Vera Cruz
- Cerro Gordo
- Churubusco
- Molino del Rey
- Chapultepec
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Atlanta
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Texas 1861
- Indian Wars
- Seminoles
- Apaches
- New Mexico 1858
- New Mexico 1860
- Montana 1872
- Arizona 1876
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Luzon 1901
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- 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:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2007-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2010-2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2017
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- Company A and Company C each additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KONTUM PROVINCE
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History