313th Military Intelligence Battalion
(Crimson Dragons)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 September 1999
313th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 215th Signal Depot Company
Activated 25 September 1942 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Inactivated 18 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 21 April 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 313th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 16 May 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (358th Communication Reconnaissance Company [see ANNEX 1] and 337th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 6 August 1952] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 313th Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 25 May 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
(Company A reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 358th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1]; Companies B and C concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 337th and 371st Army Security Agency Companies - hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 313th Army Security Agency Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 313th Military Intelligence Battalion, and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (358th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 82d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
ANNEX 1
Constituted 10 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3191st Signal Service Company
Activated 20 June 1944 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Inactivated 25 October 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Converted and redesignated 25 April 1951 as the 358th Communication Reconnaissance Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 May 1951 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Company A, 313th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company A, 313th Army Security Agency Battalion
Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 25 May 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 358th Army Security Agency Company
ANNEX 2
Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 82d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 20 August 1944 in England with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 82d Airborne Division
Allotted 3 February 1949 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 82d Military Intelligence Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 11 November 1970 as the 82d Military Intelligence Company
Assigned 21 June 1978 to the 82d Airborne Division
313th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: 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
Armed Forces Expeditions: Dominican Republic; Grenada
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Company A additionally entitled to:
World War II - AP: Luzon
Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama (with arrowhead)
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for FRANCE 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY BEACHES
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Company A additionally entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Company B additionally entitled to:
Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968