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Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012

1st BATTALION,
35th ARMORED REGIMENT

  • Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 5th Armored Regiment, an element of the 4th Armored Division
  • Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York
  • Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 35th Armored Regiment
  • Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Company A, 771st Tank Battalion (771st Tank Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division)
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 71st Constabulary Squadron, an element of 10th Constabulary Regiment
  • Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany
  • Converted and redesignated 11 December 1951 as Company A, 771st Tank Battalion (771st Tank Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 10th Constabulary Regiment)
  • Redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 35th Armor, assigned to the 4th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Redesignated 20 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 35th Armor
  • Relieved 10 May 1971 from assignment to the 4th Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
  • Inactivated 15 October 1991 in Germany
  • Activated 16 February 1997 in Germany
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment
  • Relieved 16 September 2010 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • *Rhineland
  • *Ardennes-Alsace
  • *Central Europe
  • Southwest Asia
  • *Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • *Cease-Fire
  • Kosovo
  • Campaigns to be determined
  • War on Terrorism
  • *Global War on Terrorism
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  •   Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AL KUT AND AN NAJAF
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ MAR-NOV 2006
  • Company C additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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