Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 June 2013
303d CAVALRY REGIMENT
- Constituted 14 August 1940 in the Washington National Guard as the 103d Antitank Battalion
- Organized and Federally recognized 30 September 1940 from new and existing units with Headquarters at Tacoma
- Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at home stations
- Converted and redesignated 24 July 1941 as the 103d Infantry Battalion, Antitank
- Converted and redesignated 15 December 1941 as the 803d Tank Destroyer Battalion
- Inactivated 1 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 13 September 1946 as the 803d Tank Battalion
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 18 March 1947 with Headquarters at Centralia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1949 as the 803d Heavy Tank Battalion and assigned to the 41st Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 September 1950 as the 803d Tank Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 303d Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Tank Battalion, an element of the 41st Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 April 1960 to consist of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, an element of the 41st Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion (Washington Army National Guard) and the 2d Battalion (Oregon Army National Guard), elements of the 41st Infantry Division
- Reorganized 1 January 1968 in the Washington Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 81st Infantry Brigade
- Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Consolidated 15 April -1 September 1993 with the 803d Armor (organized 1 January 1974 in the Washington Army National Guard) and consolidated unit designated as the 303d Armor to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 81st Infantry Brigade
- Consolidated 1 September 2005 with the 303d Cavalry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 303d Cavalry, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 303d Cavalry Regiment
- Ordered into active Federal service 16 August 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 19 September 2009 and reverted to state control
- ANNEX
- Constituted 1 January 1968 in the Washington Army National Guard as the 303d Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of Troop E, an element of the 81st Infantry Brigade
- Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 November 2003 at Puyallup; released from active Federal service 13 May 2005 and reverted to state control
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Troop (Kent), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Guadalcanal
- New Guinea
- Northern Solomons
- Luzon
- Southern Philippines
Troop A (Tacoma City Troop – Puyallup), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
DECORATIONS
- Headquarters Troop (Kent), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Troop A (Tacoma City Troop), 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Meuse River
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History