DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Lineage and Honors

281st Aviation Company
(Intruders)

                                 Constituted 6 October 1965 in the Regular Army as the 281st Aviation Company

                                 Activated 7 October 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia

                                 Inactivated 14 December 1970 Vietnam

                                 Withdrawn 15 April 1971 from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve,

                                         assigned to Fourth United States Army, and activated at St. Louis, Missouri

                                 Relieved 30 June 1971 from assignment to the Fourth United States Army and

                                         assigned to Fifth United States Army

                                 Inactivated 30 September 1987 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                                                       Vietnam

                                                                      Counteroffensive
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase II
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase III
                                                                      Tet Counteroffensive 1968
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase IV
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase V
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase VI
                                                                      Tet Counteroffensive 1969
                                                                      Summer-Fall Counteroffensive 1969
                                                                      Winter-Spring Counteroffensive 1969
                                                                      Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1970
                                                                      Counteroffensive, Phase VII 1970

DECORATIONS

                           Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered HUE-PHU BAI

                           Meritorious Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

                           Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970

                           Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

                           Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

                           Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

                           Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

                                                                                        PAUL T. SMITH
                                                                                        Major General, USA
  
                                                                                     The Adjutant General

 

DA, Chief of Military History, Letter dated 1 July 1966