319th Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 August 2005
319th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 14 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 319th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment
Activated 1 August 1945 in Germany
Inactivated 31 October 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 20 December 1946 as the 319th Military Intelligence Company
Activated 30 December 1946 in Japan
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 319th Military Intelligence Service Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Inactivated 28 March 1954 in Japan
Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 319th Military Intelligence Battalion
Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion
(162d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 1] reorganized and redesignated 13 July 1959 as Company A)
Battalion inactivated 15 February 1968 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Activated 1 April 1982 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (336th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and
redesignated as Company B)
Annex 1
Constituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 162d Language Detachment
Activated 23 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Inactivated 10 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 162d Military Intelligence Platoon and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 162d Military Intelligence Company
Annex 2
Constituted 1 July 1952 in the Regular Army as the 336th Communication Reconnaissance Company
Activated 6 August 1952 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Company A, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company A, 311th Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas
Disbanded 15 February 1966
Reconstituted 21 September 1978 in the Regular Army as the 336th Army Security Agency Company
Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina319th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Company A additionally entitled to:
World War II: Luzon
Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Company A additionally entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945