Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 July 2019
Headquarters
174th Infantry Brigade
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 174th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 87th Division
- Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas
- Demobilized in January 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 174th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 87th Division
- Organized in December 1921 at Shreveport, Louisiana
- Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 174th Brigade
- Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 174th Infantry Brigade
- Converted and redesignated 13 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 87th Reconnaissance Troop, 87th Division
- Ordered into active military service 15 December 1942 and reorganized at Camp McCain, Mississippi, as the 3d Platoon, 87th Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 87th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 3d Platoon, 87th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
- Inactivated 21 September 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Redesignated 28 April 1947 as the 87th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
- Activated 12 May 1947 at Birmingham, Alabama
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1949 as the 87th Reconnaissance Company
- Inactivated 1 December 1951 at Birmingham, Alabama
- Converted and redesignated 26 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 174th Infantry Brigade
- Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently activated at Fort Drum, New York
- Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Drum, New York
- Headquarters activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Drum, New York
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History