Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
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 |
Company B entitled to:
World War II |
Vietnam |
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