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4th BATTALION,
227th AVIATION REGIMENT

  • Constituted 1 February 1963 in the Regular Army as Company D, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, an element of the 11th Air Assault Division
  • Activated 18 July 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1965 as Company D, 227th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division
  • Inactivated 19 November 1974 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Redesignated 16 July 1987 as Company D, 227th Aviation, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Battalion inactivated 15 February 1997 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment
  • Activated 16 November 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas, and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division

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
  • Southwest Asia
  • *Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
  • *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BINH THUAN PROVINCE
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BIEN HOA PROVINCE
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
  • *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AN NAJAF
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
  • *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
  • *Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN MAR-OCT 2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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