How can I find out what my unit awards are? Is there a website to find it or any other way to find out?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:14:41 -0400

I’m in the guard and no one seems to know the unit awards for my battalion if you know them for 2-142 inf id greatly appreciate it

Response by COL Randall C. made Jul 19 at 2024 9:42 PM

COL Randall C. — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 21:42:50 -0400

Ahh, the Choctaw code talkers. Lot of history in the 142d Infantry Regiment.

HRC maintains a .pdf* that contains all published General Orders in one document, so you can easily search for the unit awards (make sure you read the first few pages - it will make your life easier).

A quick search showed an AUSA and a MUC.

If you're really interested in digging deep, you can go the the U.S. Army Center of Military History* and search for your unit.
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* https://www.hrc.army.mil/wcmt-api/sites/default/wcmtfiles/files/16333_0.pdf
* USACMH - https://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/orghist.html

16333_0.pdf

Response by MSG Thomas Currie made Jul 21 at 2024 10:32 AM

MSG Thomas Currie — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:32:59 -0400

My first reaction was surprise that a unit would have any doubt about the unit lineage and honors, then I started checking the usual sources and found that the 142nd Infantry seems to have about disappeared in current official history, at least online.

The Texas Military Forces Museum's "Lineage and Honors" page for the unit doesn't mention any unit awards.
https://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/36division/archives/142/142lin.htm

The US Army Center of Military History lineage and honors page for Infantry Regiments jumps from the 137th to the 148th without any mention of the 142nd.

The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH) used to maintain files with the lineage and honors of each unit, but that function appears to have been transferred to the Center of Military History. TIOH still has files on the distinctive unit insignia, but I'm sure you have that already.

It looks like you really are going to need to search through the entire General Orders file or your unit can formally ask the Center of Military History for more information.

Lineage and Honors - 142nd Infantry Regiment