1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment
LINEAGE
Organized October 8, 1861 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated September 21, 1866 as Company A, 13th Infantry
Assigned December 17, 1917 to the 8th Division
Relieved March 29, 1923 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 9th Division
Relieved August 15, 1927 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 5th Division
Inactivated October 31, 1929 at Fort Strong, Massachusetts
Relieved October 1, 1933 from assignment to the 5th Division and assigned to the 9th Division
Relieved June 22, 1940 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division)
Activated July 14, 1940 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated November 18, 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Activated August 17, 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated August 1, 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 13th Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated in Germany)
Relieved in February 1959 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
Relieved April 25, 1963 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry
Inactivated June 16, 1989 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
Redesignated October 1, 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters transferred November 16, 2005 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
REGIMENT HONORS
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: *Mississippi River; *Vicksburg; *Chattanooga; *Mississippi 1863; *Tennessee 1863
Indian Wars: North Dakota 1866; Montana 1868
War with Spain: *Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: *Cavite; *San Fabian; *Luzon 1899; Luzon 1900
World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Central Europe
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for LUXEMBOURG
WHAT FAMILIES SHOULD KNOW
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1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment
Phone:
(803) 751-1160
(803) 751-1160
Location:
5482 Jackson Boulevard, Fort Jackson SC 29207
1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment