Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 June 2013
160th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(SEVENTH CALIFORNIA)
- Constituted 22 July 1885 in the California National Guard as the 7th Infantry Battalion and organized from existing companies in southern California
- Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 5 May 1888 as the 7th Infantry Regiment
- Consolidated 7 December 1895 with the 9th Infantry Regiment (organized 8 February 1890 in the California National Guard) and consolidated unit designated as the 7th Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 9 May 1898 at the Presidio of San Francisco as the 7th California Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 2 December 1898 at Los Angeles
- Mustered into Federal service 29 June 1916 at Sacramento; mustered out of Federal service 11 November 1916 at Los Angeles
- Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Consolidated 25 September - 1 November 1917 with the 2d Battalion, Companies L and M, and the Sanitary Detachment, 2d Infantry Regiment, California National Guard; consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 160th Infantry and assigned to the 40th Division
- Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Kearny, California
- Former southern California elements reorganized 23 August - 6 October 1921 in the California National Guard as the 160th Infantry and assigned to the 40th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 31 January 1922 at Los Angeles
- 2d Battalion, 160th Infantry, withdrawn, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1929 as the 2d Battalion, 185th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division (160th Infantry - hereafter separate lineage)
- Expanded and reorganized March-April 1930 as the 2d and 3d Battalions, 185th Infantry, elements of the 40th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at home stations
- (40th Division reorganized and redesignated in February 1942 as the 40th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
- 2d and 3d Battalions, 185th Infantry, redesignated 5 August 1946 as the 223d and 224th Infantry, respectively, and remained assigned to the 40th Infantry Division
- 223d Infantry reorganized and Federally recognized 15 October 1946 with Headquarters at Pasadena
Ordered into Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations
(223d Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Pasadena)
Released from active Federal service 30 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 223d Infantry (NGUS)
1st Battalion, 223d Infantry, reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 223d Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Division, with Headquarters at Glendale (remainder of 223d Infantry – hereafter separate lineages) - 224th Infantry reorganized and Federally recognized 15 October 1946 with Headquarters at Ontario
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home stations
(224th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Ontario)
Released from active Federal service 30 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 224th Infantry (NGUS) - 1st and 3d Battalions, 224th Infantry, reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 respectively as the 224th Armored Infantry Battalion, with Headquarters at San Bernardino, and the 161st Armored Infantry Battalion, with Headquarters at Orange (changed 1 November 1957 to Santa Ana), elements of the 40th Armored Division (remainder of 224th Infantry - hereafter separate lineages)
- 161st, 223d, and 224th Armored Infantry Battalions, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1959 as the 160th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Rifle Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division
- Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division
- Reorganized 1 November 1965 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 29th Infantry Brigade
- Reorganized 29 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Brigade
- Reorganized 13 January 1974 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 August 1985 to consist of the 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Division
- Withdrawn 19 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- (2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions ordered into active Federal service 2 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal service and reverted to state control)
- Reorganized 1 October 1999 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Division
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 24 October 2004 at home stations)
- (3d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 7 November 2004 at home stations)
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 160th Infantry Regiment
- (1st Battalion released from active Federal service 21 April 2006 and reverted to state control)
- (3d Battalion released from active Federal service 5 May 2006 and reverted to state control)
- Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- Ordered into active Federal service 2 March 2007 at home stations; released from active Federal service 27 August 2008 and reverted to state control
- (40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team redesignated 1 September 2008 as the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- Meuse – Argonne
- World War II
- Central Pacific
- Northern Solomons
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- Southern Philippines
- (with arrowhead)
- Korean War
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer – Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Inglewood), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Central Europe
DECORATIONS
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2006
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 – 1954
- Headquarters Company (Inglewood), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 – 1953
- Company A (Fullerton), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD JAN 2005-JAN 2006
- Company C (Orange), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ DEC 2006-AUG 2007
- Company D (San Pedro) 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 -1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History