101st Aviation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 July 1996
101st Aviation Lineage
Constituted 7 December 1950 in the Regular Army as the 4th Light Aviation Section
Activated 19 December 1950 in Korea
Inactivated 5 November 1954 in Korea
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 101st Aviation Company, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 3 December 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Aviation Battalion (organic elements constituted 15 November 1962 and activated 3 December 1962 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1987 as the 101st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
101st Aviation Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: 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, 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Valorous Unit Award for THUA THIEN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for TCHEPONE
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1983-1984
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1970