Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Company A, 325th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division

Organized 1 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Demobilized 18 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Company A, 325th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)

Organized in January 1922 at Columbus, Georgia

Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Company A, 325th Glider Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company A, 325th Infantry

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)

Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1948 as Company A, 325th Airborne Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 325th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry

1st Battalion
325th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: * St. Mihiel; * Meuse-Argonne; * Lorraine 1918

World War II: * Sicily; * Naples-Foggia; * Normandy (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe

Armed Forces Expeditions: * Dominican Republic; * Grenada

Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Decorations

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for STE. MERE EGLISE

* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for STE. MERE EGLISE

* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COTENTIN

* French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

* Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN 1944

* Netherlands Orange Lanyard

* Belgian Fourragere 1940

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

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY