3RD SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY
Organized 17 June 1855 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company C, 4th Cavalry
(Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1928 as the Machine Gun Troop, 4th Cavalry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1940 as the Service Troop, 4th Cavalry
Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as the Service Troop, 4th Cavalry, Mechanized
Consolidated 21 December 1943 with Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters Troop, 4th Constabulary Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1948 as Headquarters and Service Troop, 4th Constabulary Regiment
Inactivated 1 May 1949 in Austria
Redesignated 20 August 1953 as Headquarters Company, 4th Armored Cavalry
Former Troop C, 4th Cavalry, withdrawn 15 February 1957 and consolidated with Troop C, 4th Cavalry (see ANNEX 1), and the 25th Reconnaissance Company (active) (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Cavalry, an element of the 25th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 29 July 1963 as the 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry
Inactivated 16 March 1987 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 June 1989 to the 3d Infantry Division and activated in Germany
Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
ANNEX 1
Constituted 1 February 1940 in the Regular Army as Troop C, 4th Cavalry
Activated 1 January 1941 at Fort Meade, South Dakota
Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry, Mechanized
Reorganized and redesignated 21 December 1943 as Troop C, 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 24th Constabulary Squadron
Inactivated 15 December 1952 in Germany
Redesignated 21 April 1953 as Company C, 524th Reconnaissance Battalion
Redesignated 1 February 1957 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry
ANNEX 2
Constituted 28 October 1942 in the Regular Army as the 25th Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 25th Infantry Division
Activated 3 November 1942 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
Redesignated 10 October 1945 as the 25th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
Redesignated 20 March 1949 as the 25th Reconnaissance Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
Bull Run
*Mississippi River
Peninsula
Antietam
Fredericksburg
*Murfreesborough
*Chickamauga
*Atlanta
*Franklin
*Nashville
*Missouri 1861
*Kentucky 1862
*Mississippi 1862
*Mississippi 1864
*Tennessee 1863
Tennessee 1864
*Alabama 1864
*Alabama 1865
*Georgia 1864
*Georgia 1865
Indian Wars
*Comanches
*Apaches
Little Big Horn
Cheyennes
Kansas 1857
*Kansas 1860
*Mexico 1873
*New Mexico 1882
Philippine Insurrection
*Manila
*Malolos
*Laguna de Bay
*San Isidro
*Cavite
*Tarlac
Jolo
*Luzon 1899
*Luzon 1900
Luzon 1901
World War II
*Normandy (with arrowhead)
*Northern France
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
*Guadalcanal
*Northern Solomons (with arrowhead)
*Luzon
Korean War
*UN Defensive
*UN Offensive
*CCF Intervention
*First UN Counteroffensive
*CCF Spring Offensive
*UN Summer-Fall Offensive
*Second Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer-Fall 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
*Summer-Fall 1969
*Winter-Spring 1970
*Sanctuary Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase VII
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BOGHEIM, GERMANY
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for GUADALCANAL
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAN SON NHUT AIR BASE
*Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan 2004-2005
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Iraq 2006-2007
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Iraq 2008-2009
*French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star for Normandy
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for MASAN-CHINJU
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for MUNSAN-NI
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966 -1968
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969 -1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966 -1970
Troop A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for CU CHI DISTRICT
Troop C additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award for QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966 -1967
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966 -1967
Troop D additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAY NINH PROVINCE