77th Armor
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 June 1998
77th Armor Lineage
Constituted 25 April 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 73d Tank Battalion
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as the 753d Tank Battalion
Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 9 September 1942 as the 753d Tank Battalion, Medium
Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1944 as the 753d Tank Battalion
Inactivated 15 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Inactivated 15 October 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Redesignated 20 March 1949 as the 77th Heavy Tank Battalion, assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, and activated in Japan
Redesignated 5 August 1950 as the 77th Tank Battalion
Relieved 10 October 1951 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division
Inactivated 10 November 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 24 January 1962 as the 77th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 February 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
77th Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ITALY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered VOSGES
French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered ITALY
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951