Lineage and Honors Information as of 26�Aug�2009
429th SUPPORT BATTALION
Organized 1 April 1992 from new and existing units in the Virginia Army National Guard as the 429th Support Battalion, with Headquarters at Staunton
(Location of Headquarters changed 1 September 2005 to Danville)
Ordered into active Federal service 11 May-23 June 2007 at home stations; released from active Federal service 13 June-26 July 2008 and reverted to state control
HOME AREA: Statewide
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Danville) additionally entitled to:
Civil War (Confederate Service)
First Manassas
Peninsula
Second Manassas
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Petersburg
Appomattox
North Carolina 1862
Virginia 1863
Virginia 1864
World War I
Meuse Argonne
Alsace 1918
Company A (South Boston) additionally entitled to:
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Company B (Richmond) additionally entitled to:
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Company E (Roanoke) additionally entitled to:
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Company G (Armstrong Battery – Norfolk) additionally entitled to:
World War I
Meuse Argonne
Alsace 1918
World War II
Ardennes-Alsace
DECORATIONS
Company A (South Boston) entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
Company E (Roanoke) entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIRE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star, Streamer embroidered VIRE
Company G (Armstrong Battery – Norfolk) entitled to:
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History