4th Brigade Combat Team




801st Brigade Support Battalion
Lineage and Honors

This Lineage is presented as recorded for the Department of
the Army by the Center of Military History, Washington, DC.
as of November 19, 2010
NOTE: this Lineage has not yet been posted on the CMH web site.

LINEAGE

Constituted 15 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
Activated 2 October 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 15 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Redesignated 27 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 801st Airborne Ordnance Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted), an element of 101st Airborne Division
Battalion activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 801st Airborne Maintenance Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 801st Maintenance Battalion
Converted and redesignated 16 April 1994 as the 801st Support Battalion
Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Vietnam

Southwest Asia

War on Terrorism
Normandy  Counteroffensive, Phase III (1 Jun 1967-29 Jan 1968) Defense of Saudi Arabia

campaigns to be determined
Rhineland (with arrowhead) Tet Counteroffensive (30 Jan-1 Apr 1968) Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Iraqi National Resolution (2005-2007)
Ardennes-Alsace Counteroffensive, Phase IV (2 Apr-30 Jun 1968)   Afghanistan Consolidation II (2008-2009)
Central Europe Counteroffensive, Phase V (1 Jul-1 Nov 1968)   Afghanistan Consolidation III (2009-2011)
  Counteroffensive, Phase VI (2 Nov 1968- 22 Feb 1969)    
  Tet 69/Counteroffensive (23 Feb-8 Jun 1969)    
  Summer-Fall 1969 (9 Jun-31 Oct 1969)    
  Winter-Spring 1970 (1 Nov 1969-30 Apr 1970)    
  Sanctuary Counteroffensive (1 May-30 Jun 1970)    
  Counteroffensive, Phase VII (l Jul 1970-30 Jun 1971)    
  Consolidation I (1 Jul 1971 - 30 Nov 1971)    
  Consolidation II (1 Dec 1971 - 29 Mar 1972)    

DECORATIONS

NOTE - the following awards have not yet been added to this Lineage:

801st Airborne Ordnance Company
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered 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

801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Division
Company D additionally entitled to:
           Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th BCT, 506th Infantry
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (excluding Company F), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Company F additionally entitled to:
           Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ NOV 2005-NOV 2006

NOTE - the following awards have not yet been added to this Lineage:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (excluding Companies D, F, and G) for Afghanistan August 2010-July 2011
Company D additionally entitled to:
           Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan August 2010-August 2011
Company F additionally entitled to:
           Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan August 2010-August 2011
Company G additionally entitled to:
           Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan August 2010-August 2011

Documentation for US Army War on Terrorism Unit Award Orders & Citations:
www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/wotawards.html

The following information is taken from the 801st Maintenance Battalion section of the 114-page Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3: Decorations, Awards, and Honors, Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register, published by Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC, 29 January 1988, Unclassified.
(Example: DAGO#39, 1970 = Department of Army General Orders Number 39, issued in 1970)

801st Maintenance Battalion, 101st Division
Meritorious Unit Commendation -- 1 Nov 68-31 May 69, DAGO#39, 1970; 1 Oct 69-30 Apr 70, DAGO#48, 1971; 1 Nov 70-30 Apr 71, DAGO#32, 1973; 1 May-10 Dec 71, DAGO#5, 1973
RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm --18 Apr-31 Aug 71 and 6-19 Sep 71, DAGO#6, 1974; 1 Mar-9 Oct 71, DAGO#6, 1974
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal, FC --18 Mar 68-2 May 70, DAGO#48, 1971


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