3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

Constituted 3 October 1943 in the Army of the United States in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as an element of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)
Consolidated 10 August 1944 with Company F, 475th Infantry (constituted 25 May 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Company F, 475th Infantry
Inactivated 1 July 1945 in China
Redesignated 21 June 1954 as Company F, 75th Infantry
Allotted 26 October 1954 to the Regular Army
Activated 20 November 1954 on Okinawa
Inactivated 21 March 1956 on Okinawa
Activated 1 February 1969 in Vietnam
Inactivated 15 March 1971 in Vietnam
Redesignated 2 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company consolidated 3 February 1986 with former Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion (see ANNEX); 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 21 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion; concurrently consolidated with Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion (Provisional) (organized 21 May 1943 in North Africa), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 3d Ranger Battalion
Redesignated 1 August 1943 as Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion
Disbanded 15 August 1944
Reconstituted 25 October 1950 in the Regular Army as the 3d Ranger Infantry Company
Activated 28 October 1950 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 1 August 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 24 November 1952 as Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion
Consolidated 15 April 1960 with the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment, 1st Special Service Force (activated 9 July 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
Withdrawn 14 December 1960 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Group activated 1 March 1961 with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida
Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated 15 April 1963 at Jacksonville, Florida (organic elements inactivated 21 January 1966)
Former Company A, 3d Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (remainder of 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces - hereafter separate lineage)

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II
New Guinea
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Luzon
India-Burma
Central Burma
Algeria-French Morocco
(with arrowhead)
Tunisia
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Anzio (with arrowhead)
Rome-Arno
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Korean War
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Armed Forces Expeditions
Panama (with Arrowhead)
Somalia

War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism

Afghanistan:
Liberation of Afghanistan
Consolidation I

Iraq:
Liberation of Iraq
Transition of Iraq
Iraqi Governance
National Resolution

(Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EL GUETTAR
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SALERNO
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered POINTE DU HOE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHHEAD
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAAR RIVER AREA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MYITKYINA
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BINH DUONG PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered MOGADISHU
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Company B additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE 2003

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History