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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2016

4th Support Battalion

  • Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as the 4th Supply Train and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)
  • Organized 31 December 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 13 April 1921 as the 4th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps
  • Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
  • Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 4th Division Quartermaster Train
  • Redesignated 1 May 1936 as the 4th Quartermaster Regiment
  • Redesignated 16 October 1939 as the 4th Quartermaster Battalion
  • Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1942 as the 4th Motorized Quartermaster Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated (less Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Company) 4 August 1943 as the 4th Quartermaster Company (Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Company – hereafter separate lineage)
  • 4th Quartermaster Company inactivated 2 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
  • Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Supply and Transport Battalion (organic elements constituted 21 August 1963 and activated 1 October 1963)
  • Battalion inactivated 15 April 1985 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Redesignated 1 May 1987 as the 4th Support Battalion and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado, as an element of the 4th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 15 November 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Relieved 16 December 2004 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Champagne 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Normandy (with arrowhead)
  • Northern France
  • 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
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
  • Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • 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 Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969
  • Company D additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAR 2008 – MAR 2009
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BADGHIS PROVINCE MAR-JUNE 2011
  • Company E additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAR 2008 – MAR 2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Company F additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAR – MAY 2008
  • Company G additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD APR 2008 – MAR 2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2010 – JUL 2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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