532d Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 August 2005
532d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 16 February 1951 in the Regular Army as the 532d Military Intelligence Service Company
Activated 15 August 1951 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1951 as the 532d Military Intelligence Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 532d Military Intelligence Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 532d Military Intelligence Battalion (521st Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 1], 427th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment [see ANNEX 2], and 526th Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 3] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A, B, and C)
Battalion inactivated 1 June 1962 in Germany
Activated 16 October 1986 in Korea
Annex 1
Constituted 5 September 1950 in the Regular Army as the 521st Military Intelligence Service Detachment and activated in Japan
Reorganized and redesignated 28 December 1951 as the 521st Military Intelligence Service Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 521st Military Intelligence Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1954 as the 521st Military Intelligence Company
Annex 2
Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 427th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 22 August 1944 on Corsica
Allotted 16 February 1951 to the Regular Army
Annex 3
Constituted 18 April 1946 in the Army of the United States as the 526th Interrogation Team
Activated 1 May 1946 in Germany
Inactivated 6 November 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 6 February 1948 as the 526th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment
Activated 21 February 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Allotted 5 May 1949 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1949 as Headquarters, 526th Military Intelligence Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 4 August 1949 as the 526th Military Intelligence Service Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 28 August 1951 as the 526th Military Intelligence Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 526th Military Intelligence Company
532d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Company A entitled to:
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; 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
Company B entitled to:
World War II: Rhineland
Decorations
Company A entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1954
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1954