7th Infantry Regiment Lineage and Honors
7th Infantry Lineage
- Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as the 8th Infantry
- Organized in 1812 in Tennessee, Georgia, and the adjacent territories
- Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 24th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812)
and the 39th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form the 7th Infantry
- Consolidated May-June 1869 with the 36th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated
unit designated as the 7th Infantry
- Assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d
Infantry Division)
- Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and
reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 16 December 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and
reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX (36th Infantry)
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry
- Organized 16 October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1866 as the 36th Infantry
- Consolidated May-June 1869 with the 7th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 7th Infantry
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHOKSONG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SEGOK
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KOWANG-NI
- Valorous Unit Award for SAIGON - LONG BINH
- Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ - KUWAIT
- Army Superior Unit Award for 1994
- French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE
- Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA
7th Infantry Regiment History
7th Infantry Regiment Campaigns
7th Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms
