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