1st Battalion
501st Aviation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 February 1997
1st Battalion
501st Aviation Lineage
Constituted 22 January 1962 in the Regular Army as Company A, 501st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 1st Armored Division
Activated 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 1 September 1966 in Vietnam
Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
Inactivated 16 November 1987 in Germany
Relieved 16 October 1988 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 15 January 1996 in Korea
Assigned 16 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany
1st Battalion
501st Aviation Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Vietnam: * Advisory; * Defense; * Counteroffensive; * Counteroffensive, Phase II
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DONG XOAI