1ST BATTALION, 28th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(LIONS OF CANTIGNY)
Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as Company A, 28th Infantry
Organized 10 June 1901 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
(28th Infantry assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Division])
Inactivated 30 September 1933 at Fort Hayes, Ohio
(28th Infantry relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division; assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division [later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division])
Activated 10 October 1940 at Fort Niagara, New York
Inactivated 1 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 28th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 8th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Relieved 1 May 1959 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry
Inactivated 28 February 1983 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 27 February 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters inactivated 16 November 2005 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Battalion assigned 16 January 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Philippine Insurrection
Mindanao
World War I
*Montdidier-Noyon
*Aisne-Marne
*St. Mihiel
*Meuse-Argonne
*Lorraine 1917
*Lorraine 1918
*Picardy 1918
World War II
*Normandy
*Northern France
*Rhineland
*Central Europe
Vietnam
*Defense
*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
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
*National Resolution
*Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BERGSTEIN
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STOCKHEIM
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered PICARDY
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
*French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
*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
Company C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAR-NOV 2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History
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