HONORS

AWARDED
1st Battalion, 7th Marines

 
Presidential Unit Citation Streamer with One Silver and Four Bronze Stars
WORLD WAR II
Solomon Islands, 18 September - 9 December 1942
Peleliu, Ngesebus, 15-29 September 1944
Okinawa 1 April - 21 June 1945
KOREA
Korea, 21 September - 11 October 1950
Korea, 27 November - 11 Decenber 1950
Korea, 21 - 25 Aprirl, 16 May - 30 June, 11-25 September 1951
Vietnam
14 August 1965- 28 March 1966
29 March 1966 - 15 September 1967
16 September 1967 - 3 May 1968
7 July 1968 - 31 October 1968
Only One Award for period 16 September 1967 - 31 October 1968
 
Joint Meritorious Unit Award Streamer
Somalia 1992-1993
 
Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with One Bronze Star
 
Korea, 11 August 1952 - 5 May 1953
 
Southwest Asia 1990 - 1991
 
Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with Two Bronze Stars
Vietnam
4 May - 6 July 1968
21 April - 2 May 1969
24 October - 8 December 1969
 
 
American Defense Service Streamer with One Bronze Star
 
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer with One Silver Star
(Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, 18 September 1942 - 5 January 1943)
(Eastern New Guinea Operation, 8 October - 25 December 1943)
(Bismark Archipelago Operation, 26 December 1943 - 1 March 1944)
(Western Caroline Islands Operation, 15 September -14 October 1944)
(Okinawa Gunto Operation, 1 April - 30 June 1945)
 
World War II Victory Streamer
(7 December 1941 - 31 December 1946)
 
Navy Occupation Service Streamer with Asia Clasp
(2 - 26 September 1945)
 
China Service Streamer
(30 September 1945 - 5 January 1947)
 
National Defense Service Streamer with Two Bronze Star
 
Korean Service Streamer with One Silver Star and Four Bronze Stars
(North Korea Aggression, 21 September - 2 November 1950)
(Communist China Aggression, 3 November 1950 - 24 January 1951)
(First U.N. Counteroffensive, 25 January - 21 April 1951)
(Communist China Spring Offensive 22 April - 8 July 1951)
(U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive, 9 July - 27 November 1951)
(Second Korea Winter, 28 November 1951 - 30 April 1952)
(Korean Defense, Summer-Fall, 1 May - 30 November 1952)
(Third Korean Winter, 1 December 1952 - 30 April 1953)
(Korea, Summer-Fall 1953, 1 May - 27 July 1953)
(Cuba, 5 November - 10 December 1962)
 
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer with one Bronze Star
 
Vietnam Service Streamer with Two Silver and Three Bronze Stars
(Vietnam Defense Campaign, 1 July - 24 December 1965)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Campaign, 25 December 1965 - 30 June 1966)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase II, 1 July 1966 - 31 May 1967)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase III, 1 June 1967)
(TeT Counteroffensive, 30 January - 1 April 1968)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase IV, 2 April - 30 June 1968)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase V, 1 July - 1 November 1968)
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Operation Phase VI, 2 November 1968 - 22 February 1969)
(TeT 69 Counteroffensive, 23 February - 8 June 1969)
(Vietnam, Summer-Fall Campaign 1969, 9 June - 31 October 1969)
(Vietnam, Winter-Spring 1970, 1 November 1969 - 30 Apri 1970)
(Sanctuary Counteroffensive, 1 May - 30 June 1970]
(Vietnamese Counteroffensive Operation Phase VII, 1 July - 13 October 1970)
 
Southwest Asia Service Streamer with Two Bronze Stars
 
Korean Presidential Unit Citation Streamer
(21-27 September 1950)
(27 November 1950 - 27 July 1953)
 
Vietnam Armed Forces Meritorious Unit Citation
(Cross of Gallantry with Palm)
(1 July 1965 - 2 September 1969)
 
Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Action Streamer
(21 September 1969- 13 October 1970)




In Addidtion to Above Awards to All 1st Battalion Units the following Honors were Awarded to the Units listed below:

AWARDED
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
Subordinate Units

 
Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnam
 
Command Group
(20 - 25 November 1968)
 
Delta Company
(Operation Union II 2 June - 4 June 1967)
 
Alpha & Charley Company
(Operation Meade River 1 -9 December 1968)
 
Navy Unit Commendation
Vietnam
Charley Company
(Task Force Yankee 23 January - 23 February 1969)
 
Delta Company
(Task Force Yankee 2 - 23 January 1969)
 
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Vietnam
 
Delta Company
 
1st Plt - Delta Company