Headquarters and Headquarters Company
2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Lineage and Honors Information
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters,
159th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 80th Division
Organized 27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Demobilized 1 June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
159th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 80th Division
Organized in September 1922 at Richmond, Virginia
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the
80th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon),
80th Division
(Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
160th Infantry Brigade,
concurrently converted and
redesignated as the 3d Platoon,
80th Reconnaissance Company,
80th Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at
Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the
80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the
80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the
80th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the
Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
Activated 21 May 1947 at Richmond, Virginia, as the
80th Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon,
an element of the 80th Airborne Division
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the
Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1948 as the
Reconnaissance Platoon, 80th Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1950 as the
80th Airborne Reconnaissance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the
80th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 80th Infantry Division
Disbanded 29 March 1959 at Richmond, Virginia
Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 22 October 1963 in the
Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
159th Infantry Brigade
(3d Platoon, 80th Reconnaissance Company--hereafter separate lineage)
Redesignated 21 January 1964 as
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Honors
World War I:
Somme Offensive; Meuse-Argonne; Picardy 1918
World War II:
Northern France;
Rhineland;
Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe
Vietnam:
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
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970
