1/32 CAV Lineage and Honors

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 February 2012 (source: https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/armor-cav/032cvrg001sq.htm)

1st SQUADRON,
32d CAVALRY REGIMENT

  • Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Armored Regiment, an element of the 3d Armored Division
  • Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
  • Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 32d Armored Regiment
  • Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
  • Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Company D, 32d Tank Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division
  • Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Redesignated 30 July 1948 as Company D, 32d Medium Tank Battalion
  • Redesignated 15 March 1955 as Company D, 32d Tank Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 32d Armor
  • Inactivated 16 June 1986 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division
  • Assigned 16 October 1986 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Inactivated 15 December 1992 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
  • Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Inactivated 15 September 2000 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 28 June 2005 as the 1st Squadron, 32d Cavalry (organic elements concurrently redesignated as troops)
  • Assigned 16 September 2005 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Squadron, 32d Cavalry Regiment

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • *Normandy
  • *Northern France
  • *Rhineland
  • *Ardennes-Alsace
  • *Central Europe
  • Southwest Asia
  • *Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • *Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  •   Iraq:
  • *Iraqi Surge
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  •   Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • *Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2000
  • *Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgium Army for action in Belgium
  • *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History