Lineage and Honors

1ST BATTALION,18TH INFANTRY

(VANGUARDS)

Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the Company B, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Organized 17 September 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio Redesignated 20 September 1861 as Company H, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Redesignated 19 October 1861 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company A, 18th Infantry Consolidated in April 1869 with Company E, 25th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as Company A,18th Infantry (18th Infantry assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division) Organized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 18th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Relieved 14 April 1959 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division Reorganized and redesignated 2 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Inactivated 1 November 1983 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division Assigned 16 June 1989 to the 197th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia Relieved 16 August 1991 from assignment to the 197th Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division

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ANNEX

Constituted 3 May 1961 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Organized 2 May 1865 at Fort Ontario, New York Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as Company E, 25th Infantry Consolidated in April 1869 with Company A, 18th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 18th Infantry

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Civil War	World War II
Murfreesborough	Algeria_French Morrocco (with arrowhead)
Chickamaugua	Tunisia
Chattanooga	Sicily (with arrowhead)
Atlanta	Northern France
Kentucky 1862	Rhineland
Mississippi 1862	Ardennes-Alsace
Tennessee 1863	Central Europe
Georgia 1864
War with Spain	Vietnam
Manilla	Defense
	Counteroffensive
Philippine Insurrection	Counteroffensive Phase II
Iloilo	Counteroffensive Phase III
Panay 1899	Tet Counteroffensive
Panay 1900	Counteroffensive Phase IV
	Counteroffensive Phase V
	Counteroffensive Phase VI
World War I	Tet 69 Counteroffensive
Montdidier-Noyon	Summer-Fall 1969
Aisne-Marne	Winter_Spring 1970
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne	Southwest Asia
Lorraine 1917	Defense of Saudi Arabia
Lorraine 1918	Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Picardy 1918

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEJA, TUNISIA Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AACHEN, GERMANY Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH LONG PROVINCE *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DI AN Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere Belgian Fourragere 1940 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968 *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 1965-1970

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

	John W. Mountcastle
	Brigadier General United States Army
	Chief of Military History
	(16Mar 98)