DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Lineage and Honors
3rd BATTALION, 47th INFANTRY
Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company C, 47th Infantry
Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York
(47th Infantry assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division)
Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
(47th Infantry relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 7th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 7th Division; assigned 1 August 1940 to the 9th Division [later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division])
Activated 10 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 31 December 1946 in Germany
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Inactivated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battle Group, 47th Infantry
Withdrawn 10 April 1959 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 81st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battle Group activated 1 May 1959 with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia
Inactivated 1 April 1963 at Atlanta, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 81st Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 August 1969 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 21 March 1973 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 16 February 1991 from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Inactivated 14 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Headquarters transferred 2 October 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
* Aisne-Marne
* St. Mihiel
* Meuse-Argonne
* Champagne 1918
* Lorraine 1918
World War II
* Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
* Tunisia
* Sicily
* Normandy
* Northern France
* Rhineland
* Ardennes-Alsace
* Central Europe
Vietnam
* Counteroffensive, Phase II
* Counteroffensive, Phase III
* Tet Counteroffensive
* Counteroffensive, Phase IV
* Counteroffensive, Phase V
* Counteroffensive, Phase VI
* Tet 69/Counteroffensive
* Summer-Fall 1969
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHERBOURG
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HAGUE PENINSULA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ROETGEN, GERMANY
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NOTHBERG, GERMANY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered FREUZENBERG CASTLE
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN, GERMANY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OBERKIRCHEN, GERMANY
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MEKONG DELTA
* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CHERBOURG
* Belgian Fourragere 1940
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the MEUSE RIVER
* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
* Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
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