LINEAGE AND HONORS
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
25th INFANTRY DIVISION
(Tropic Lightning)
LINEAGE
RA (active)
Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Army of the United
States as Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division. Activated 1 October 1941 at Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii. Allotted 27 June 1949 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and
redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th
Infantry Division.
302 ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND
SEPARATE BRIGADES
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World
War II
Central
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Northern
Solomons
Luzon
Korean War
UN Defense
UN
Offensive
CCF
Intervention
First UN
Counteroffensive
CCF Spring
Offensive
UN SummerFall
Offensive
Second
Korean Winter
Korea,
SummerFall 1952
Third
Korean Winter
Korea,
Summer 1953
Vietnam
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase II
Counteroffensive,
Phase III
Tet
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase IV
Counteroffensive,
Phase V
Counteroffensive,
Phase VI
Tet
69/Counteroffensive
SummerFall
1969
Sanctuary
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Meritorious
Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969 (Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 42, 1970)
Philippine
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
(25th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)
Republic
of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASANCHINJU
(Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 35, 1951)
Republic
of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSANNI
(Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 19, 1955)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 19661968
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO
48, 1971)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA
GO 5, 1973)
Republic
of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
1966 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Infantry Division,
cited; DA GO 51, 1971)
HEADQUARTERS AND
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
1st BRIGADE, 25th
INFANTRY DIVISION
LINEAGE
RA (active)
Constituted
5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 167th Infantry Brigade, an
element of the 84th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky. Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 84th Division.
Organized in November 1921 in southern Indiana. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August
1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade.
Converted
and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d
Platoon), 84th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry
Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 84th
Reconnaissance Troop, 84th Division). Troop ordered into active military
service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas, as the 84th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 84th Infantry Division. Reorganized and
redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized.
Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19
December 1946 as the 84th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, an element
of the 84th Airborne Division. Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin.
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps;
redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 6
April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division. Reorganized
and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company, an
element of the 84th Airborne Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March
1952 as the 84th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th Infantry
Division; location concurrently changed to Appleton, Wisconsin. Location
changed 18 May 1953 to Wausau, Wisconsin. Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Wausau,
Wisconsin; concurrently, reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) in the Regular Army as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 84th
Reconnaissance Company-hereafter separate lineage).
Redesignated
21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division. Activated 26 August 1963 in Hawaii.
CAMPAIGN
PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World
War I
Streamer
without inscription
World
War II
Rhineland
ArdennesAlsace
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
WinterSpring
1970
Sanctuary
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Valorous
Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE (Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 42,
1969)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973)
Republic
of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
1966 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 51, 1971)
HEADQUARTERS
AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
2d BRIGADE, 25th
INFANTRY DIVISION
LINEAGE
RA (active)
Constituted
5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 168th Infantry Brigade, an
element of the 84th Division. Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Reconstituted 24
June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
168th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 84th Division. Organized in November
1921 in northern Indiana. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 168th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry Brigade.
Converted
and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Troop,
84th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade,
concurrently converted and redesignated as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop [less
3d Platoon], 84th Division). Troop ordered into active military service 15
October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas, as the 84th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 84th Infantry Division. Reorganized and
redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized.
Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 19
December 1946 as the 84th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, an element
of the 84th Airborne Division. Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin.
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps;
redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 6
April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division. Reorganized
and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 84th Reconnaissance Company,
an element of the 84th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to
Appleton, Wisconsin. Location changed 18 May 1953 to Wausau, Wisconsin.
Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Wausau, Wisconsin; 3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance
Company, concurrently, reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry Brigade (remainder of company-hereafter
separate lineage).
Redesignated
21 June 1963 as Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.
Activated 26 August 1963 in Hawaii.
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ARMIES, CORPS, DIVISIONS, AND SEPARATE BRIGADES
CAMPAIGN
PARTICIPATTON CREDIT
World
War I
Streamer
without inscription
World
War II
Rhineland
ArdennesAlsace
Central
Europe
Vietnam
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase II
Counteroffensive,
Phase III
Tet
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase IV
Counteroffensive,
Phase V
Counteroffensive,
Phase VI
Tet
69/Counteroffensive
SummerFall
1969
WinterSpring
1970
Sanctuary
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Valorous
Unit Award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
cited; DA GO 20, 1967)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 1970
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
cited; DA GO 5, 1973)
Republic
of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
19661970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 51, 1971)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA
HEADQUARTERS AND
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
3d BRIGADE, 25th
INFANTRY DIVISION
LINEAGE
RA
(inactive)
Constituted
24June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
195th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 98th Division. Organized in November
1921 at Albany, New York. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 195th Brigade. Redesignated 24 August 1936 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry Brigade.
Converted
and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d
Platoon), 98th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry
Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 98th
Reconnaissance Troop, 98th Division). Troop ordered into active military
service 15 September 1942 and reorganized at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, as
the 98th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 98th Infantry
Division. Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1943 as the 98th
Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Inactivated 16 February 1946 in Japan.
Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 98th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance
Troop. Activated 12 March 1947 at Utica, New York. Location changed 4 February
1948 to Syracuse, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as
the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)
Location changed 13 August 1948 to Rochester, New York. Reorganized and
redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 98th Reconnaissance Company. Disbanded 1
May 1959 at Rochester, New York; concurrently, reconstituted (less 3d Platoon)
in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 195th Infantry
Brigade (3d Platoon, 98th Reconnaissance Company-hereafter separate lineage).
Redesignated
21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division. Activated 12 August 1963 in Hawaii. Inactivated 24 July 1972
in Hawaii.
CAMPAIGN
PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World
War II
Asiatic-Pacific
Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase II
Counteroffensive,
Phase III
Tet
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase IV
Counteroffensive,
Phase V
Counteroffensive,
Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
SummerFall
1969
Winter
Spring 1970
Sanctuary
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive,
Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Valorous
Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROV~NCE (Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43,
1973)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965
1966; 1967 1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 3, 1970, as amended by DA GO 38, 1970, and DA GO 48,
1971)
Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 5, 1973)
Republic
of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
1967 1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division, cited; DA GO 51, 1971)
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
4th BRIGADE, 25th INFANTRY DIVISION
LINEAGE
RA (inactive)
Constituted
6 December 1969 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and activated in Hawaii.
Inactivated 15 December 1970 in Hawaii.
CAMPAIGN
PARTICIPATION CREDTT
None.
DECORATIONS
None.
