11th Armored Cavalry Lineage

Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 11th Cavalry

Organized 11 March 1901 at Fort Myer, Virginia

Assigned in August 1927 to the 3d Cavalry Division

Relieved in March 1933 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division

Assigned in October 1933 to the 2d Cavalry Division

Relieved in October 1940 from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division

Inactivated 15 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia; personnel and equipment concurrently transferred to the 11th Armored Regiment (see ANNEX 1)

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 11th Cavalry, redesignated 19 April 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 11th Cavalry Group, Mechanized

Activated 5 May 1943 at Camp Anza, California

(Remainder of the 11th Cavalry disbanded 26 October 1944)

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 11th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 11th Constabulary Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Troop, 11th Constabulary Regiment

Converted and redesignated 30 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Armored Cavalry, and inactivated in Germany; organization of the 11th Armored Cavalry (inactive) completed 30 November 1948 by reconstitution and/or redesignation of elements of the 11th Cavalry and Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Constabulary Regiment (see ANNEX 2)

Consolidated 8 January 1951 with the 11th Tank Battalion (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 11th Armored Cavalry

Activated 1 August 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado

(95th Tank Battalion [see ANNEX 1] consolidated 1 October 1958 with the 3d Battalion, 11th Armored Cavalry)

(Air Troop inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam; 2d Squadron inactivated 6 April 1972 in Vietnam; Air Troop and 2d Squadron activated 17 May 1972 in Germany)

Placed 17 June 1986 under the United States Army Regimental System

Inactivated 15 October 1993 - 15 March 1994 in Germany

Activated 16 October 1994 (less 3d and 4th Squadrons; the Air Defense Artillery Battery; and the Howitzer Batteries, 1st and 2d Squadrons) at Fort Irwin, California

ANNEX 1

Constituted 11 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 11th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 10th Armored Division

Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, with personnel and equipment from the 11th Cavalry

Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated a follows:

Regiment (less the 3d Battalion, Band, and Maintenance, Service, and Reconnaissance Companies) as the 11th Tank Battalion, an element of the 10th Armored Division

3d Battalion as the 712th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 10th Armored Division

Maintenance and Service Companies and Band disbanded

(Reconnaissance Company as Troop E, 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized - hereafter separate lineage)

After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:

11th Tank Battalion inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Relieved 8 January 1951 from assignment to the 10th Armored Division

712th Tank Battalion inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1948 as the 525th Medium Tank Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 10 September 1948 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 December 1948 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Redesignated 4 February 1950 as the 95th Tank Battalion and assigned to the 7th Armored Division
Activated 24 November 1950 at Camp Roberts, California
Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Camp Roberts, California

ANNEX 2

Constituted 19 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Tank Group

Activated 28 July 1943 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Armored Group

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Constabulary Regiment

Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany

Converted and redesignated 30 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 11th Armored Cavalry

11th Armored Cavalry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Philippine Insurrection: Samar 1902

Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916-1917

World War II: 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; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia: Cease-Fire

Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron; Troops E, F, and G; and Company H, each additionally entitled to:

Vietnam: Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Valorous Unit Award for BINH LONG-BIEN HOA

Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1968

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970

Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, additionally entitled to: