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303d Military Intelligence Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 March 2001

303d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage

Constituted 22 September 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion

Activated 25 September 1950 at Arlington Hall, Virginia

Consolidated 17 July 1951 with the 540th Signal Service Company (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion

Inactivated 25 June 1955 in Korea

Redesignated 11 May 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Battalion activated 15 June 1962 at Camp Wolters, Texas

(Companies A, B, and C reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 372d, 373d, and 374th Army Security Agency Companies - hereafter separate lineages)

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 21 April 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Military Intelligence Battalion (376th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 2] and 370th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 3] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)

ANNEX 1

Constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3253d Signal Service Company

Activated 25 April 1944 in England

Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 6 May 1948 as the 540th Signal Service Company

Activated 20 June 1948 in Austria

Inactivated 1 April 1949 in Austria

ANNEX 2

Constituted 20 February 1968 in the Regular Army as the 376th Army Security Agency Company

Activated 1 April 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Activated 1 July 1974 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

ANNEX 3

Constituted 10 January 1967 in the Regular Army as the 370th Army Security Agency Company

Activated 1 March 1967 at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia

303d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Vietnam: 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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1953

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

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1971


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