Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company C, 41st Infantry

Organized 20 June 1917 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota

(41st Infantry assigned 9 July 1918 to the 10th Division; relieved 18 February 1919 from assignment to the 10th Division)

Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland

Activated 15 July 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as Company C, 41st Infantry (Armored), an element of the 2d Armored Division

Redesignated 8 January 1942 as Company C, 41st Armored Infantry

Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1946 as Company C, 41st Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 2d Armored Division

Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Armored Rifle Battalion, 41st Infantry

(Organic elements constituted 17 April 1961)

Battalion activated 25 April 1961 at Fort Ord, California

Inactivated 21 December 1962 at Fort Ord, California

Redesignated 1 October 1978 as the 3d Battalion, 41st Infantry, assigned to the 2d Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas

Relieved 21 May 1991 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division

Relieved 16 December 1992 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division and assigned to the 2d Armored Division

Relieved 16 January 1996 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division

Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment

Assigned 16 January 2011 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                          World War II
                                                        *Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
                                                        *Sicily (with arrowhead)
                                                        *Normandy
                                                        *Northern France
                                                        *Rhineland
                                                        *Ardennes-Alsace
                                                        *Central Europe

                                                          Southwest Asia
                                                        *Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                        *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                        *Cease-Fire

 

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERBOURG

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PUFFENDORF-ROER

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES

*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SAUDI ARABIA-KUWAIT 1990-1991

*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

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: