65th Infantry Regiment Lineage & Honors
Courtesy of: U.S. Army Center for Military History
Source: http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0065in.htm
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 March 2010
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(THE BORINQUENEERS)
Constituted 2 March 1899 in the Volunteer Army as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Volunteer Infantry
1st Battalion organized 24 March 1899 at San Juan, Puerto Rico as the Puerto Rico Battalion; 2d Battalion organized 12 February 1900 at Henry Barracks, Puerto Rico, as the Mounted Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1900 as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Volunteer Infantry with Headquarters at San Juan
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1901 as the Puerto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Redesignated 30 June 1908 as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Infantry and allotted to the Regular Army
Redesignated 14 September 1920 as the 65th Infantry
Assigned 22 September 1950 to the 3d Infantry Division
Relieved 3 November 1954 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 23d Infantry Division
Inactivated 10 April 1956 at Camp Losey, Puerto Rico, and relieved from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division
Withdrawn 6 February 1959 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Organized 15 February 1959 to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 May 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade, and Company E
Reorganized 1 September 1978 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 92d Infantry Brigade, and Company E
Reorganized 29 February 1980 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Withdrawn 27 October 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Cayey
Reorganized 1 September 1992 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Ordered into active Federal service 14 February 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 12 February 2005 and reverted to territorial control
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 65th Infantry Regiment
Ordered into active Federal service 30 March 2009 at home stations
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
American Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Rome-Arno
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
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 IRON TRIANGLE
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2004
Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(THE BORINQUENEERS)
Constituted 2 March 1899 in the Volunteer Army as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Volunteer Infantry
1st Battalion organized 24 March 1899 at San Juan, Puerto Rico as the Puerto Rico Battalion; 2d Battalion organized 12 February 1900 at Henry Barracks, Puerto Rico, as the Mounted Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1900 as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Volunteer Infantry with Headquarters at San Juan
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1901 as the Puerto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Redesignated 30 June 1908 as the Puerto Rico Regiment of Infantry and allotted to the Regular Army
Redesignated 14 September 1920 as the 65th Infantry
Assigned 22 September 1950 to the 3d Infantry Division
Relieved 3 November 1954 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 23d Infantry Division
Inactivated 10 April 1956 at Camp Losey, Puerto Rico, and relieved from assignment to the 23d Infantry Division
Withdrawn 6 February 1959 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Organized 15 February 1959 to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 May 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade, and Company E
Reorganized 1 September 1978 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 92d Infantry Brigade, and Company E
Reorganized 29 February 1980 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Withdrawn 27 October 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Cayey
Reorganized 1 September 1992 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade
Ordered into active Federal service 14 February 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 12 February 2005 and reverted to territorial control
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 65th Infantry Regiment
Ordered into active Federal service 30 March 2009 at home stations
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
American Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Rome-Arno
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
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 IRON TRIANGLE
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2004
Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History
