12th Infantry
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[1]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Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
12th Infantry Honors
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) for LUXEMBOURG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SUOI TRE, VIETNAM
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT
Valorous Unit Award for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON - LONG BINH
Valorous Unit Award for 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
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