103d Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 1996
103d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 16 September 1981 in the Regular Army as the 103d Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany (851st Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 3d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
ANNEX 1
Constituted 29 December 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 3377th Signal Service Detachment
Activated 15 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 9 June 1947 as the 50th Signal Service Detachment
Converted and redesignated 25 October 1951 as the 851st Communication Reconnaissance Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Inactivated 15 August 1956 in Japan
Redesignated 3 December 1965 as the 851st Army Security Agency Detachment
Activated 15 December 1965 in the Dominican Republic
Inactivated 14 October 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 1 July 1974 as the 851st Army Security Agency Company and activated in Germany
ANNEX 2
Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 3 September 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 3d Infantry Division
Inactivated 1 September 1946 in Germany
Allotted 3 February 1949 to the Regular Army
Activated 1 March 1949 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 3d Military Intelligence Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1972 as the 3d Military Intelligence Company
Assigned 21 April 1974 to the 3d Infantry Division
103d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Company A entitled to:
Korean War: UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive
Armed Forces Expeditions: Dominican Republic
Company B entitled to:
World War II - EAME: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Company A entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA
Company B entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE