4th Battalion
101st Aviation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 July 1996
4th Battalion
101st Aviation Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1968 in the Regular Army as Company D, 101st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Activated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam
Inactivated 30 September 1981 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Redesignated 16 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as an element of the 101st Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
4th Battalion
101st Aviation Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
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
Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
* Valorous Unit Award for THUA THIEN PROVINCE
* Valorous Unit Award for TCHEPONE
* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1983-1984
* 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
* Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970