101st Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2005
101st Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 16 September 1980 in the Regular Army as the 101st Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas (337th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 1st Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
Inactivated 15 November 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 16 February 1996 in Germany
ANNEX 1
Constituted 1 July 1952 in the Regular Army as the 337th Communication Reconnaissance Company
Activated 6 August 1952 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Company B, 313th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company B, 313th Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 25 May 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 337th Army Security Agency Company
ANNEX 2
Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 16 August 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 1st Infantry Division
Allotted 16 February 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 1st Military Intelligence Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1969 as the 1st Military Intelligence Company
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1970 as the 1st Military Intelligence Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 3 May 1971 as the 1st Military Intelligence Company
Assigned 21 July 1978 to the 1st Infantry Division
101st Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Cease-Fire
Company A additionally entitled to:
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive, 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
Company B additionally entitled to:
World War II: Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy (with arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive, 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
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
Company A additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Company B additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1965-1970