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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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