Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2019
3d Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company C, 54th Infantry
- Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia
- (54th Infantry assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division)
- Inactivated 24 October 1922 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
- (54th Infantry relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 7th Division)
- Redesignated 14 June 1942 as Company C, 54th Armored Infantry
- Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 10th Armored Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1943 as Company C, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 10th Armored Division
- Inactivated 23 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 14 September 1950 as Company C, 54th Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division
- Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company C, 561st Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 10th Armored Division
- (561st Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division)
- Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 54th Infantry
- Redesignated 23 March 1966 as Company C, 54th Infantry
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company C, 54th Infantry Regiment
- Redesignated 14 September 2018 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 54th Infantry Regiment
- Battalion activated 1 May 2019 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Meuse-Argonne
- Alsace 1918
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History