34th Armor
(Centurions)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 1999
34th Armor Lineage
Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division
Activated 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company and 2d Battalion as
the 34th Tank Battalion, and remained assigned to the 5th Armored Division
1st Battalion as the 772d Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the
5th Armored Division
3d Battalion as the 10th Tank Battalion, and remained assigned to the 5th Armored
Division
Reconnaissance Company as Troop D, 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized,
an element of the 5th Armored Division
Maintenance and Service Companies disbanded
After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
34th Tank Battalion inactivated 8 October 1945 at Camp Myles
Standish, Massachusetts
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 34th Medium Tank Battalion
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Activated 1 September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Relieved 27 March 1957 from assignment to the 5th Armored Division
772d Tank Battalion inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Shelby,
Mississippi
Withdrawn 16 January 1947 from the Regular Army, redesignated as the 306th Tank
Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 5 February 1947 at Seattle,
Washington (remainder of battalion activated 25 June 1947)
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps;
redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1949 as the 306th Heavy Tank Battalion
Inactivated 15 September 1950 at Seattle, Washington
Disbanded 20 February 1952
Reconstituted 27 March 1957 in the Regular Army as the 306th Heavy Tank Battalion
10th Tank Battalion inactivated 9 October 1945 at Camp Myles
Standish, Massachusetts
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 10th Medium Tank Battalion
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Activated 1 September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Relieved 27 March 1957 from assignment to the 5th Armored Division
Troop D, 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized,
redesignated 25 August 1945 as Troop D, 85th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron
Inactivated 11 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company D, 85th Reconnaissance Battalion
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Activated 1 September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment, reconstituted 27 March 1957 in the Regular Army
34th and 10th Medium Tank Battalions; 306th Heavy Tank Battalion; Company D, 85th Reconnaissance Battalion; and Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 27 March 1957 as the 34th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 February 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
34th Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ROER RIVER DAMS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE, VIETNAM
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT
Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG