Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
170th INFANTRY BRIGADE
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 170th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th Division
Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Demobilized 24 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 85th Division
Organized in November 1921 at Detroit, Michigan
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated 31 March 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 85th Reconnaissance Troop, 85th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 169th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 85th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 85th Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, as the 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1943 as the 85th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 85th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 85th Infantry Division
Activated 19 May 1947 at Appleton, Wisconsin
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1949 as the 85th Reconnaissance Company
Location changed 1 March 1952 to Champaign, Illinois; on 1 March 1953 to Onargo, Illinois; and on 13 October 1954 to Beardstown, Illinois
Disbanded 1 June 1959 at Beardstown, Illinois
3d Platoon, 85th Reconnaissance Company, reconstituted 21 January 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (remainder of company - hereafter separate lineage)
Activated 1 February 1963 in Germany
Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 21 June 1977 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Redesignated 27 February 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade
Activated 16 October 2009 in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
Po Valley
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History