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Headquarters
196th Infantry Brigade
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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 May 2009

Headquarters, 196th Infantry Brigade Lineage

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 98th Division (later redesignated as the 98th Infantry Division)

Organized in November 1921 at Buffalo, New York

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Brigade

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade

Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Troop, 98th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry Brigade concurrently converted and redesignated as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop [less 3d Platoon], 98th Division)

Troop ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, as the 98th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 98th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1943 as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized

Inactivated 16 February 1946 in Japan

Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 98th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

Activated 12 March 1947 at Utica, New York

Location changed 4 February 1948 to Syracuse, New York

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Location changed 13 August 1948 to Rochester, New York

Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 98th Reconnaissance Company

Disbanded 1 May 1959 at Rochester, New York; 3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Company, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company - hereafter separate lineage)

Brigade activated 10 September 1965 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Inactivated 30 June 1972 at Oakland, California

Headquarters activated 16 October 1999 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii

Headquarters, 196th Infantry Brigade Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Asiatic - Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2007

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969, 1970

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM, APR-JUN 1971

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM, JUN-OCT 1971


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