Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Company A, 32d Infantry

Organized 7 August 1916 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

(32d Infantry assigned 31 July 1918 to the 16th Division; relieved 8 March 1919 from assignment to the 16th Division)

Inactivated 13 September 1921 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington

Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California, as an element of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 32d Infantry, and remained assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry

Relieved 31 March 1971 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division

Inactivated 21 October 1978 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division


Assigned 7 August 1980 to the 7th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Ord, California

Inactivated 10 June 1987 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division

Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York

1st Battalion
32d Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: *Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead); *Eastern Mandates; *Leyte (with arrowhead); *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *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

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CENTRAL KOREA

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KUMHWA

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for INCHON


*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for CHOSIN RESERVOIR

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for HWACHON RESERVOIR

*Navy Unit Commendation for PANMUNJOM

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for INCHON

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1971