3d Battalion
75th Ranger Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 July 2003
3d Battalion
75th Ranger Regiment Lineage
Organized 3 October 1943 in the Army of the United States in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as an element of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)
Consolidated 10 August 1944 with Company F, 475th Infantry (constituted 25 May 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Company F, 475th Infantry
Inactivated 1 July 1945 in China
Redesignated 21 June 1954 as Company F, 75th Infantry
Allotted 26 October 1954 to the Regular Army
Activated 20 November 1954 on Okinawa
Inactivated 21 March 1956 on Okinawa
Activated 1 February 1969 in Vietnam
Inactivated 15 March 1971 in Vietnam
Redesignated 2 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company consolidated 3 February 1986 with former Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion (see ANNEX); 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 21 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion; concurrently consolidated with Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion (Provisional) (organized 21 May 1943 in North Africa), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion
Redesignated 1 August 1943 as Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion
Disbanded 15 August 1944
Reconstituted 25 October 1950 in the Regular Army as the 3d Ranger Infantry Company
Activated 28 October at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 1 August 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 24 November 1952 as Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion
Consolidated 15 April 1960 with the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment, 1st Special Service Force (activated 9 July 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
Withdrawn 14 December 1960 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Group activated 1 March 1961 with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida
Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated 15 April 1963 at Jacksonville, Florida (organic elements inactivated 21 January 1966)
Former Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (remainder of 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces - hereafter separate lineage)
3d Battalion
75th Ranger Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; *Sicily (with arrowhead); *Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); *Anzio (with arrowhead); *Rome-Arno; Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; New Guinea; Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon; *India-Burma; *Central Burma
Korean War: *First UN Counteroffensive; *CCF Spring Offensive; *UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Vietnam: *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counteroffensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970; *Sanctuary Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Armed Forces Expeditions: *Panama (with arrowhead)
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for EL GUETTAR
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SALERNO
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for POINTE DU HOE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SAAR RIVER AREA
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MYITKYINA
*Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award for MOGADISHU
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970