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4th Squadron
16th Cavalry

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 June 1993

4th Squadron
16th Cavalry Lineage

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troop D, 16th Cavalry

Organized 14 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Inactivated 12 November 1921 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Redesignated 15 June 1942 as Troop D, 16th Cavalry, Mechanized, and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Reorganized and redesignated 22 December 1943 as Troop B, 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized

Inactivated 10 November 1945 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Absorbed 1 August 1946 by Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 19th Cavalry Group, Mechanized

(Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 19th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas; inactivated 6 November 1946 at Fort Riley, Kansas; redesignated 2 January 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armored Cavalry Group and activated in Germany; redesignated 1 October 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Armor Group; inactivated 1 July 1955 in Germany; consolidated 2 July 1955 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group [active] and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group)

Former Troop B, 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, reconstituted 26 March 1963 in the Regular Army as Company D, 16th Armor, and assigned to the 173d Airborne Brigade

Activated 25 June 1963 on Okinawa

Inactivated 25 August 1968 in Vietnam and relieved from assignment to the 173d Airborne Brigade

Redesignated 2 September 1969 as Troop D, 16th Cavalry

Redesignated 8 December 1992 as Headquarters, 4th Squadron, 16th Cavalry; concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky

4th Squadron
16th Cavalry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: * Rhineland; * Central Europe

Vietnam: * Defense; * Counteroffensive; * Counteroffensive, Phase II; * Counteroffensive, Phase III; * Tet Counteroffensive; * Counteroffensive, Phase IV; * Counteroffensive, Phase V

Decorations

* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1967

* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal for VIETNAM 1965-1968


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