Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 August 2014
5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment
(Sykes' regulars)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2d Battalion, 11th Infantry
- Organized 8 September 1865 near Richmond, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 December 1866 as Company E, 20th Infantry
- (20th Infantry assigned 9 July 1918 to the 10th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 10th Division; assigned 18 September 1920 to the 2d Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division and assigned to the 6th Division [later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division])
- Inactivated 10 January 1949 in Korea
- Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California
- (20th Infantry relieved 3 April 1956 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 15 November 1957 in the Panama Canal Zone; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battle Group, 20th Infantry
- Redesignated 22 June 1960 as Company E, 20th Infantry
- Activated 24 June 1960 in Korea
- Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
- Activated 25 September 1967 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 1 February 1969 in Vietnam
- Activated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 16 August 1972 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 16 August 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry, assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion relieved 16 August 1995 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
- Relieved 16 September 2000 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
- Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Civil War
- Peninsula
- Manassas
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Indian Wars
- Little Big Horn
- Pine Ridge
- War with Spain
- *Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- *Manila
- *Luzon 1901
- World War II
- *New Guinea
- *Luzon (with arrowhead)
- Vietnam
- *Counteroffensive, Phase III
- *Tet Counteroffensive
- *Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- *Counteroffensive, Phase V
- *Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- *Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- *Consolidation I
- *Consolidation II
- *Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- *Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAFFIN BAY
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CABARUAN HILLS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MUNOZ
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1972
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2000
- *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
- *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History