Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 October 1996
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Lineage
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 and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Honors
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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT
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 for VIETNAM 1966-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969