Constituted 11
January 1812 in the Regular Army as a
company of the 8th Infantry
Organized in 1812 in
Tennessee, Georgia, or the adjacent
territories
Consolidated May-October
1815 with a company of the 24th Infantry
(constituted 26 June 1812) and a company
of the 39th Infantry (constituted 29
January 1813) to form a company of the
7th Infantry
Designated 21 August 1816
as Company C, 7th Infantry
Consolidated 26 May 1869
with Company C, 36th Infantry (see
ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated
as Company C, 7th Infantry
(7th Infantry assigned 21
November 1917 to the 3d Division [later
redesignated as the 3d Infantry
Division])
Inactivated 1 July 1957
at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved
from assignment to the 3d Infantry
Division; concurrently redesignated as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d
Battle Group, 7th Infantry
Withdrawn 11 May 1959
from the Regular Army, allotted to the
Army Reserve, and assigned to the 102d
Infantry Division (organic elements
concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 1
June 1959 with Headquarters at Danville,
Illinois
Inactivated 1 April 1963
at Danville, Illinois, and relieved from
assignment to the 102d Infantry Division
Redesignated 23 March
1966 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry;
concurrently withdrawn from the Army
Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army,
and assigned to the 199th Infantry
Brigade
Activated 1 June 1966 at
Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 15 October
1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and
relieved from assignment to the 199th
Infantry Brigade
Assigned 21 March 1973 to
the 197th Infantry Brigade and activated
at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 16 October
1987 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and
relieved from assignment to the 197th
Infantry Brigade
Assigned 16 December 1987
to the 24th Infantry Division and
activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Relieved 16 February 1996
from assignment to the 24th Infantry
Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry
Division
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in
the Regular Army as Company C, 3d
Battalion, 18th Infantry
Organized 16 October 1861
at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and
redesignated 26 December 1866 as Company
C, 36th Infantry
Consolidated 26 May 1869
with Company C, 7th Infantry, and
consolidated unit designated as Company
C, 7th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
CREDIT
War of 1812
* Canada
New Orleans
* Florida 1814
Louisiana 1815
Mexican War
* Monterey
* Vera Cruz
* Cerro Gordo
* Contreras
* Churubusco
* Molino del Rey
* Chapultepec
* Texas 1846
Civil War
Fredericksburg
* Murfreesborough
* Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Mexico 1861
* New Mexico 1862
* Kentucky 1862
Mississippi 1862
* Tennessee 1862
* Tennessee 1863
Georgia 1864
Indian Wars
* Creeks Seminoles
* Little Big Horn
* Nez Perces
* Utes
* Pine Ridge
New Mexico 1860
Wyoming 1866
* Montana 1872
War with Spain
* Santiago
Philippine
Insurrection
Samar 1901
Samar 1902
World War I
* Aisne
* Champagne-Marne
* Aisne-Marne
* St. Mihiel
* Meuse-Argonne
* Champagne 1918
* Ile de France 1918
World War II
* Algeria-French Morocco (with
arrowhead)
* Tunisia
* Sicily (with arrowhead)
* Naples-Foggia
* Anzio (with arrowhead)
* Rome-Arno *Southern France (with
arrowhead) *Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
Korean War
* 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
Vietnam
* 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
* Sanctuary Counteroffensive
* Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia
* Defense of Saudi Arabia
* Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
DECORATIONS
* Presidential Unit
Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered
COLMAR
* Presidential Unit
Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered
CHOKSONG
Presidential
Unit Citation (Army), Streamer
embroidered SEGOK
Presidential
Unit Citation (Army), Streamer
embroidered KOWANG-NI
* Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered SAIGON - LONG BINH
* French Croix de
Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I,
Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
* French Croix de
Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer
embroidered COLMAR
* French Croix de
Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
* Republic of Korea
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer
embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
* Republic of Korea
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer
embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
* Chryssoun Aristion
Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece),
Streamer embroidered KOREA
* Republic of Vietnam
Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer
embroidered VIETNAM 1968
* Republic of Vietnam
Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer
embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
* Republic of Vietnam
Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer
embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970
Company C additionally
entitled to:
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