1st Battalion, 77th Armor
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 June 1998
1st Battalion, 77th Armor Lineage
Constituted 25 April 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 73d Tank Battalion
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 753d Tank Battalion
Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 9 September 1942 as Company A, 753d Tank Battalion, Medium
Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1944 as Company A, 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 Company A, 77th Heavy Tank Battalion, and activated in Japan as an element of the 7th Infantry Division
Redesignated 5 August 1950 as Company A, 77th Tank Battalion
(77th Tank Battalion relieved 10 October 1951 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 10 November 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 19 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, assigned to the 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Relieved 21 March 1973 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 December 1989 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
1st Battalion, 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
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Company A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969