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3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry

Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2001

3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Lineage

Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company C, 1st Cavalry

Organized 17 June 1855 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company C, 4th Cavalry

(Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1928 as the Machine Gun Troop, 4th Cavalry

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1940 as the Service Troop, 4th Cavalry

Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as the Service Troop, 4th Cavalry, Mechanized

Consolidated 21 December 1943 with Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters Troop, 4th Constabulary Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1948 as Headquarters and Service Troop, 4th Constabulary Regiment

Inactivated 1 May 1949 in Austria

Redesignated 20 August 1953 as Headquarters Company, 4th Armored Cavalry

Former Troop C, 4th Cavalry, withdrawn 15 February 1957 and consolidated with Troop C, 4th Cavalry (see ANNEX 1), and the 25th Reconnaissance Company (active) (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Cavalry, an element of the 25th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Reorganized and redesignated 29 July 1963 as the 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry

Inactivated 16 March 1987 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division

Assigned 16 June 1989 to the 3d Infantry Division and activated in Germany

Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division

ANNEX 1

Constituted 1 February 1940 in the Regular Army as Troop C, 4th Cavalry

Activated 1 January 1941 at Fort Meade, South Dakota

Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry, Mechanized

Reorganized and redesignated 21 December 1943 as Troop C, 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 24th Constabulary Squadron

Inactivated 15 December 1952 in Germany

Redesignated 21 April 1953 as Company C, 524th Reconnaissance Battalion

Redesignated 1 February 1957 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry

ANNEX 2

Constituted 28 October 1942 in the Regular Army as the 25th Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 25th Infantry Division

Activated 3 November 1942 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized

Redesignated 10 October 1945 as the 25th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

Redesignated 20 March 1949 as the 25th Reconnaissance Company

3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Indian Wars: *Comanches; Little Big Horn; Cheyennes; Kansas 1857; *Kansas 1860; *Mexico 1873; *New Mexico 1882

Civil War: Bull Run; *Mississippi River; Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; *Murfreesborough; *Chickamauga; *Atlanta; *Franklin; *Nashville; *Missouri 1861; *Kentucky 1862; *Mississippi 1862; *Mississippi 1864; *Tennessee 1863; Tennessee 1864; *Alabama 1864; *Alabama 1865; *Georgia 1864; *Georgia 1865

Philippine Insurrection: *Manila; *Malolos; *Laguna de Bay; *San Isidro; *Cavite; *Tarlac; Jolo; *Luzon 1899; *Luzon 1900; Luzon 1901

World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe; *Guadalcanal; *Northern Solomons (with arrowhead); *Luzon

Korean War: *UN Defensive; *UN Offensive; *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; *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

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BOGHEIM, GERMANY

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for GUADALCANAL

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAN SON NHUT AIR BASE

*Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE

*Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for MASAN-CHINJU

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for MUNSAN-NI

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966 -1968

*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 Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966 -1970

Troop A additionally entitled to:

    Valorous Unit Award for CU CHI DISTRICT

Troop C additionally entitled to:

    Valorous Unit Award for QUANG NGAI PROVINCE

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966

    Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966 -1967

    Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966 -1967

Troop D additionally entitled to:

    Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAY NINH PROVINCE


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