Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 June 2014
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
- Organized 6 July 1861 at Fort Preble, Maine
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 1866 as Company A, 17th Infantry
- Consolidated 1 June 1869 with Company A, 44th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 17th Infantry
- (17th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 11th Division; relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 11th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 17th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
- Relieved 31 March 1971 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 16 August 1986 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 November 1986 to the 6th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Relieved 16 April 1998 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division and assigned to the 172d Infantry Brigade [later redesignated as the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team]
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Inactivated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Relieved 22 July 2010 from assignment to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Civil War
- *Peninsula
- *Manassas
- *Antietam
- *Fredericksburg
- *Chancellorsville
- *Gettysburg
- *Wilderness
- *Spotsylvania
- *Cold Harbor
- *Petersburg
- *Virginia 1862
- *Virginia 1863
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- Indian Wars
- Little Big Horn
- *Pine Ridge
- *North Dakota 1872
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- War with Spain
- *Santiago
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- Philippine Insurrection
- Manila
- *Malolos
- *San Isidro
- *Tarlac
- Mindanao
- *Luzon 1899
- *Luzon 1900
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- Mexican Expedition
- *Mexico 1916-1917
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- World War II
- *Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
- *Eastern Mandates (with arrowhead)
- *Leyte
- *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
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- 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
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War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE AND BAGHDAD
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- *Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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