Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
4th FINANCE MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT UNIT
(IRON EAGLES)
- Constituted 1 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 4th Finance Section
- Activated 30 November 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
- Redesignated 22 March 1943 as the 4th Finance Disbursing Section
- Inactivated 16 October 1946 in France
- Activated 20 January 1947 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Germany
- Activated 20 April 1949 at Fort Gulick, Canal Zone
- Inactivated 4 January 1950 at Fort Gulick, Canal Zone
- Activated 13 November 1950 in Korea
- Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 4th Finance Section
- Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Korea
- Consolidated 1 May 1993 with the 4th Finance Battalion (active) (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Finance Battalion
- Inactivated 15 October 2004 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Redesignated 28 June 2006 as the 4th Finance Company
- Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2011 as the 4th Financial Management Support Unit
- ANNEX
- Constituted 21 November 1971 in the Regular Army as the 4th Finance Company, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1987 as the 4th Finance Support Unit; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1992 as the 4th Finance Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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