Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Lineage and Honors Information
Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as
Headquarters Company, 101st Division
Organized in November 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1942 as
Headquarters and Military Police Company
(less Military Police Platoon), 101st Division
Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently reconstituted in the
Army of the United States as Headquarters Company,
101st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as
Headquarters and Service Company, 101st Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
Command and Control Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Honors
World War II:
Normandy (with arrowhead);
Rhineland (with arrowhead);
Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe
Vietnam:
Defense;
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;
Consolidation I;
Consolidation II
Southwest Asia:
Defense of Saudi Arabia;
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO, VIETNAM 1966
Valorous Unit Award for TUY HOA
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE;
cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in
FRANCE AND BELGIUM
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for
VIETNAM 1966-1967
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for
VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for
VIETNAM 1968-1970
