519th Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 December 1996
519th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 October 1948 in the Regular Army as the 519th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment
Activated 15 October 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1949 as Headquarters, 519th Military Intelligence Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 11 August 1949 as the 519th Military Intelligence Service Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 21 November 1951 as the 519th Military Intelligence Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
(523d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX] reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1959 as Company A)
ANNEX
Constituted 25 September 1950 in the Regular Army as the 523d Military Intelligence Service Platoon
Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 523d Military Intelligence Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1954 as the 523d Military Intelligence Company
Inactivated 15 November 1954 in Korea
Activated 25 January 1958 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
519th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Company A additionally entitled to:
Korean War: First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971-1972
Company A additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953
Company C additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967