63d Armor

Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 1999

63d Armor Lineage

Constituted 3 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 745th Tank Battalion

Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as the 745th Tank Battalion, Medium

Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 745th Tank Battalion

Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 14 September 1948 as the 63d Heavy Tank Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division

Activated 10 October 1948 in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1950 as the 63d Tank Battalion

Inactivated15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 63d Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 September 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

63d Armor Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe

Decorations

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy