1-17 Infantry "Buffaloes"
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized 6 July 1861 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 1866 as Company A, 17th Infantry
Consolidated 1 June 1869 with Company A, 44th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 17th Infantry
(17th Infantry assigned 5 July 1918 to the 11th Division; relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 11th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 17th 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, 17th Infantry
Relieved 31 March 1971 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
Inactivated 16 August 1986 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Assigned 16 November 1986 to the 6th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Relieved 16 April 1998 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division and assigned to the 172d Infantry Brigade [later redesignated as the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team]
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
Inactivated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the 172d Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Assigned 17 April 2007 to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 22 July 2010 from assignment to the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
*Peninsula
*Manassas
*Antietam
*Fredericksburg
*Chancellorsville
*Gettysburg
*Wilderness
*Spotsylvania
*Cold Harbor
*Petersburg
*Virginia 1862
*Virginia 1863
Indian Wars
Little Big Horn
*Pine Ridge
*North Dakota 1872
War with Spain
*Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
Manila
*Malolos
*San Isidro
*Tarlac
Mindanao
*Luzon 1899
*Luzon 1900
Mexican Expedition
*Mexico 1916-1917
World War II
*Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
*Eastern Mandates (with arrowhead)
*Leyte
*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
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE AND BAGHDAD
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948; 1953-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History