311th Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 June 1996
311th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 June 1954 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Activated 14 June 1954 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion (336th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 6 August 1952] and 359th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 15 August 1944] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 311th Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 15 February 1966 at Fort Wolters, Texas (Companies A and B concurrently disbanded)
Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas
(Companies A and B reconstituted 21 September 1978 in the Regular Army as the 336th and 359th Army Security Agency Companies - hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th Army Security Agency Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1982 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (265th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 101st Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
ANNEX 1
Constituted 2 March 1967 in the Regular Army as the 265th Army Security Agency Company
Activated 21 April 1967 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
ANNEX 2
Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 20 August 1944 in England with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Allotted 7 February 1956 to the Regular Army
Activated 25 March 1956 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1969 as the 101st Military Intelligence Company
Assigned 21 September 1978 to the 101st Airborne Division
311th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Company A additionally entitled to:
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; Cease-Fire
Company B additionally entitled to:
World War II - EAME: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Company A additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971-1972
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970
Company B additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in FRANCE AND BELGIUM
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970