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109th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

 

Constituted 1 October 1981 in the Regular Army as the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (335th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 9th Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)

Inactivated 15 September 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division

Activated 17 October 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington

ANNEX 1

Constituted 27 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 112th Signal Radio Intelligence Company

Activated 18 May 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1945 as the 112th Signal Service Company

Inactivated 23 December 1945 in the Philippine Islands

Allotted 20 December 1946 to the Regular Army and activated in the Philippine Islands as the 112th Signal Service Company (Philippine Scouts)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1947 as the 10th Signal Service Battalion (Philippine Scouts)

Reorganized and redesignated 12 June 1948 as the 112th Signal Service Company (Philippine Scouts)

Inactivated 1 June 1949 in the Philippine Island

Converted and redesignated 17 July 1951 as the 335th Communication Reconnaissance Company

Redesignated 6 April 1966 as the 335th Army Security Agency Company

Activated 15 June 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Inactivated 5 April 1971 in Vietnam

Activated 21 December 1977 at Fort Lewis, Washington

ANNEX 2

Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 9th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 16 August 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 9th Infantry Division

Inactivated 20 April 1947 in Germany

Allotted 5 January 1949 to the Regular Army

Activated 28 January 1949 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Inactivated 12 March 1951 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Activated 15 June 1954 in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 9th Military Intelligence Detachment

Inactivated 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Activated 1 July 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Inactivated 25 September 1969 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Redesignated 21 December 1972 as the 9th Military Intelligence Company and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Assigned 21 July 1978 to the 9th Infantry Division

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company A entitled to:


World War II
Northern Solomons
Luzon (with arrowhead)

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




Company B entitled to:


World War II
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969

 

DECORATIONS

Company A entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971  

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

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

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969

Company B entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Meuse River

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968

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

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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