9th Infantry
(Manchu)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 August 1996
9th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the 9th Infantry
Organized 26 March 1855 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Consolidated in June 1869 with the 27th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 9th Infantry
Assigned 22 September 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division)
Relieved 20 June 1957 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 29 April 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry
Organized in October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 27th Infantry
9th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: Murfreesborough; Chickamauga; Chattanooga; Atlanta; Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1862; Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864
Indian Wars: Little Big Horn; Washington 1856; Washington 1858; Wyoming 1866; Wyoming 1867
War with Spain: Santiago
China Relief Expedition: Tientsin; Yang-tsun; Peking
Philippine Insurrection: Malolos; San Isidro; Zapote River; Tarlac; Luzon 1899; Luzon 1900; Luzon 1901
World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Ile de France 1918; Lorraine 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; 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
Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BREST, FRANCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SIEGFRIED LINE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for HWACHON RESERVOIR
Navy Unit Commendation for PANMUNJOM
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHATEAU THIERRY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for LUXEMBOURG
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ELSENBORN CREST
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for NAKTONG RIVER LINE
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA