Shoulder patch of the 199th Infantry Brigade (Lt.) (Sep)
Unit Crest
Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company of the 8th Infantry
Organized in 1812 in Tennessee, Georgia, or the adjacent territories
Consolidated May-October 1815 with a company of the 24th Infantry (constituted 26 June 1812) and a company of the 39th Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form a company of the 7th Infantry
Designated 21 August 1816 as Company C, 7th Infantry
Consolidated 26 May 1869 with Company C, 36th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 7th Infantry
(7th Infantry assigned 21 November 1917 to the 3d Division [later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division])
Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 7th Infantry
Withdrawn 11 May 1959 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 102d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 1 June 1959 with Headquarters at Danville, Illinois
Inactivated 1 April 1963 at Danville, Illinois, and relieved from assignment to the 102d Infantry Division
Redesignated 23 March 1966 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 15 October 1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Assigned 21 March 1973 to the 197th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 16 October 1987 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 197th Infantry Brigade
Assigned 16 December 1987 to the 24th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company C, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry
Organized 16 October 1861 at Camp Thomas, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1866 as Company C, 36th Infantry
Consolidated 26 May 1869 with Company C, 7th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company C, 7th Infantry
War of 1812
* Canada
New Orleans
* Florida 1814
Louisiana 1815
Mexican War
* Monterey
* Vera Cruz
* Cerro Gordo
* Contreras
* Churubusco
* Molino del Rey
* Chapultepec
* Texas 1846
Civil War
Fredericksburg
* Murfreesborough
* Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Mexico 1861
* New Mexico 1862
* Kentucky 1862
Mississippi 1862
* Tennessee 1862
* Tennessee 1863
Georgia 1864
Indian Wars
* Creeks Seminoles
* Little Big Horn
* Nez Perces
* Utes
* Pine Ridge
New Mexico 1860
Wyoming 1866
* Montana 1872
War with Spain
* Santiago
Philippine Insurrection
Samar 1901
Samar 1902
World War I
* Aisne
* Champagne-Marne
* Aisne-Marne
* St. Mihiel
* Meuse-Argonne
* Champagne 1918
* Ile de France 1918
World War II
* Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
* Tunisia
* Sicily (with arrowhead)
* Naples-Foggia
* Anzio (with arrowhead)
* Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace *Central Europe
Korean War
* 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, 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
Southwest Asia
* Defense of Saudi Arabia
* Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHOKSONG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SEGOK
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOWANG-NI
* Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON - LONG BINH
* French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR
* French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
* Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970
Company C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ