DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Lineage and Honors

5th INFANTRY

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Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as the 4th Infantry

Organized May-June 1808 in New England

Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 9th and 13th Infantry (both constituted 11 January 1812), the 21st Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812), the 40th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813), and the 46th Infantry (constituted 30 March 1814) to form the 5th Infantry

Consolidated in June 1869 with one half of the 37th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry

Assigned 27 July 1918 to the 17th Division

Relieved 10 February 1919 from assignment to the 17th Division

Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division

Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division

Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division

Relieved 15 July 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division

Assigned 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division (later redesignated as the 71st Infantry Division)

Relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division

Inactivated 15 November 1946 in Austria

Activated 1 January 1949 in Korea

Assigned 10 October 1954 to the 71st Infantry Division

Relieved 25 August 1956 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division

Assigned 1 September 1956 to the 8th Infantry Division

Relieved 1 August 1957 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 April 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

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ANNEX

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Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry

Organized May 1865-September 1866 at Fort Wayne, Michigan; Newport Barracks, Kentucky; and Fort Columbus, New York

Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as the 37th Infantry One half of the 37th Infantry consolidated in June 1869 with the 5th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry (remaining half of the 37th Infantry consolidated August-December 1869 with the 3d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Infantry - hereafter separate lineage)

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

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War of 1812
Canada
Chippewa
Lundy's Lane

Mexican War
Palo Alto
Resaca de la Palma
Monterey
Churubusco
Molino del Rey
Chapultepec
Vera Cruz 1847

Civil War
New Mexico 1862

Indian Wars
Tippecanoe
Seminoles
Comanches
Little Big Horn
Nez Perces
Bannocks
New Mexico 1860
Montana 1879
Montana 1880
Montana 1881
Montana 1887

Philippine Insurrection
Streamer without inscription

World War II
American Theater, Streamer without inscription Rhineland
Central Europe

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

Vietnam
Counteroffensive
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

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DECORATIONS

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Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHINJU

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEN CUI

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954

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