16th Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms Pocket Patch

Shield
The shield is the fur vair, white and blue, from
the arms of Fleville, France. This town was captured by the
16th Infantry on 4 October 1918 after very heavy fighting in
the Meuse-Argonne campaign of World War I. The cross arrow and
bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the
five-bastioned fort was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba.

Motto: "Always Prepared"

Campaigns
Civil War
Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg;
Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvnia;
Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863;

Indian Wars
Cheyennes; Utes; Pine Ridge

War With Spain
Santiago

Philippine Insurrection
Luzon 1899

Mexican Expedition
Mexico 1899

World War I
Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1917; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918

World War II
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead);
Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy
(with arrowhead); Northern France; Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe

Vietnam
Defense;
Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive Phase II;
Counteroffensive Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive Phase IV;
Counteroffensive Phase V;
Counteroffensive Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
Winter-Spring 1969; Summer-Fall 1969

Southwest Asia
Defense Of Saudia Arabia; Liberation And
Defense Of Kuwait; Cease Fire

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered MATEUR-TUNISIA

Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered SICILY

Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered HAMICH

Presidential Unit Citation
streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST

Valorous Unit Award
streamer embroidered COURTNEY PLANTATION

Valorous Unit Citation
streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT

Meritorious Unit Commendation
streamer embroidered Vietnam 1967-68

French Croix De Guerre streamer embroidered, WWI, AISNE-MARNE

French Croix De Guerre streamer embroidered, WWI, MEUSE-ARGONNE

French Croix De Guerre with Palm, WWII,
streamer embroidered KASSERINE

French Croix De Guerre with Palm, WWII,
streamer embroidered NORMANDY

French Medaille Militaire
streamer embroidered FRANCE

French Medaille Militaire Fourragere

Belgium Forragere 1940

Cited In The Order Of The Day Of The
Belgian Army For Action At EUPEN-MALMEDY

Cited In The Order Of The Day Of The
Belgian Army For Action At MONS

Republic of Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
streamer embroidered (Vietnam 1965-1968)

Republic of Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
streamer embroidered (Vietnam 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Civic Action Honor Medal
streamer embroidered (Vietnam 1965-1970)