DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Lineage and Honors

5th Battalion, 12th INFANTRY

Unit Crest

Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry

Organized 20 October 1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York

Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as the 12th Infantry

Assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division

Relieved 10 October 1941 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)

Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina

Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California

Relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Civil War
Peninsula Manassas
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Virginia 1862
Virginia 1863

Indian Wars
Modocs
Bannocks
Pine Ridge

War with Spain
Santiago

Philippine Insurrection
Malolos
Tarlac
Luzon 1899

World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

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

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE, VIETNAM

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON - LONG BINH

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK

Belgian Fourragere 1940

• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM

  Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES

  5th Battalion 12th Infantry

  • Presidential Unit Citation ( Army ), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG ( 12th Infantry )

  • Belgian Fourragere 1940 (12th Infantry )

  • Cited for the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (12th Infantry cited )

  • Cited for the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (12 Infantry cited )