Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2014
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, United States Army South
- Constituted 22 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth Army
- Activated 25 January 1943 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Inactivated 26 January 1946 in Japan
- Activated 1 March 1946 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Allotted 16 December 1952 to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 1 January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Sixth United States Army
- Inactivated 23 June 1995 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Consolidated 16 July 2008 with Headquarters, United States Army South (Organized 4 December 1986 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, United States Army South, in Panama), and consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, United States Army South, to consist of Main Command Post, Operational Command Post, and Special Troops Battalion (Special Troops Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)
- Main Command Post and Operational Command Post, Headquarters, United States Army South, reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2011 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, United States Army South
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Leyte
- Luzon
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History