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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011

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HEADQUARTERS
3d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION

 

            Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 160th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division

            Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia

            Demobilized 7 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia

            Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division

            Organized in September 1922 at Baltimore, Maryland

            Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Brigade

            Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade

            Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 80th Division)

            Troop ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the 80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)

            Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 80th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized

            Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

            Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division

            Activated 21 May 1947 at Richmond, Virginia, as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 80th Airborne Division

            (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

            Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division

            Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1950 as the 80th Airborne Reconnaissance Company

            Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 80th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division

            Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia

            3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company – hereafter separate lineage)

            Redesignated  21 January 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division

            Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

            Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 September 2004 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division – hereafter separate lineage)


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I
Somme Offensive
Meuse-Argonne
Picardy 1918

World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Vietnam
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
Consolidation I
Consolidation II

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined


DECORATIONS

            Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN

            Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

            Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

            Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971

            Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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