63d Armor
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 1999
63d Armor Lineage
Constituted 3 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 745th Tank Battalion
Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as the 745th Tank Battalion, Medium
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 745th Tank Battalion
Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 14 September 1948 as the 63d Heavy Tank Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
Activated 10 October 1948 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1950 as the 63d Tank Battalion
Inactivated15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 63d Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 September 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
63d Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy