Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2019
3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
(Rakkasans)
- Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 187th Glider Infantry
- Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, as an element of the 11th Airborne Division
- Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1949 as Company C, 187th Airborne Infantry
- (187th Airborne Infantry relieved 1 February 1951 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division; assigned 1 July 1956 to the 101st Airborne Division)
- Inactivated 25 April 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry
- Redesignated 1 February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, and assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 7 February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Relieved 1 February 1964 from assignment to the 11th Air Assault Division and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
- Relieved 30 September 2004 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- Korean War
- UN Offensive (with arrowhead)
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- (with arrowhead)
- CCF Spring Offensive
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TAGAYTAY RIDGE
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SUKCHON
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TRANG BANG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH DUONG PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered YUSUFIYAH, IRAQ 2007-2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered EASTERN AFGHANISTAN 2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014-2015
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2016-2017
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN-SEP 2006
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History