Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
- Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 4th Division
- Organized 16 December 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 4th Division
- Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1942 as Headquarters Company, 4th Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 4th Motorized Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1943 as Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
- Disbanded 13 June 1960 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Reconstituted 21 August 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
- Activated 1 October 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 15 October 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 December 2004 as Headquarters, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – hereafter separate lineage) - Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 2014 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO DISTRICT
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- 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 in the Ardennes
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History