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104th Military Intelligence Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 June 1998

104th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage

Constituted 16 September 1980 in the Regular Army as the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (374th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 4th Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)

Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas

ANNEX 1

Constituted 21 November 1963 in the Regular Army as Company C, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion

Activated 20 December 1963 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 374th Army Security Agency Company

Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Activated 21 December 1977 at Fort Carson, Colorado

ANNEX 2

Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 4th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 6 August 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 4th Infantry Division

Inactivated 23 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina

Activated 30 November 1946 in Germany

Inactivated 20 April 1947 in Germany

Allotted 5 January 1949 to the Regular Army

Activated 31 January 1949 at Fort Ord, California

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 4th Military Intelligence Detachment

Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1969 as the 4th Military Intelligence Company

Assigned 21 July 1978 to the 4th Infantry Division

104th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Company A entitled to:

    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

Company B entitled to:

    World War II - EAME: 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

Company A entitled to:

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970

    Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1969

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970

    Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1967-1969

Company B entitled to:

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

    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 1968-1969

    Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1969


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