201st Support Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 July 2007
201st Support Battalion Lineage
Constituted 17 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 8th Sanitary Train and assigned to the 8th Division
Organized 23 January 1918 at Camp Fremont, California
Demobilized 15 February 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Reconstituted 2 October 1939 in the Regular Army as the 8th Medical Battalion
Activated 23 October 1939 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
Redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 1st Medical Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 1st Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division)
Inactivated 15 May 1985 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1987 as the 201st Support Battalion and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, as an element of the 1st Infantry Division
201st Support Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
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 2004-2005
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered 1965-1970
Company C additionally entitled to:
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996