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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 Carolina

319th 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


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