Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
V CORPS
Organized 7-12 July 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, V Army Corps
Demobilized 2 May 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 2 August 1965 as Headquarters, V Corps; Headquarters Company, V Corps, concurrently constituted and activated in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2011 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, V Corps
ANNEX
Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps
Organized 17 February 1922 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Inactivated 15 November 1924 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Withdrawn 1 October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
Headquarters activated 20 October 1940 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, V Army Corps
Headquarters Company, V Army Corps, activated 2 February 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, V Corps
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Kosovo
Kosovo Air Campaign
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History