Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 April 2013
1st BATTALION,
58th AVIATION REGIMENT
- Constituted 22 January 1968 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Company, 58th Aviation Battalion
- Activated 1 March 1968 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 17 February 1969 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 1 September 1986 as Headquarters and Service Company, 58th Aviation Battalion
- Redesignated 16 July 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment
- Inactivated 15 June 2007 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Activated 16 October 2007 at Fort Rucker, Alabama
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Vietnam
- *Tet Counteroffensive
- *Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- *Counteroffensive, Phase V
- *Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Southwest Asia
- *Defense of Saudi Arabia
- *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2008-2009
- *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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