List of honors and decorations of the 75th Ranger Regiment

The 75th Ranger Regiment has been awarded numerous honors and decorations from its campaigns, beginning in World War II. In World War II, they participated in 16 major campaigns, spearheading the campaigns in Morocco, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio and Leyte. During the Vietnam War, they received campaign participation streamers for every campaign in the war.^[1]

The regiment received streamers with arrowheads (denoting conflicts they spearheaded) for its participation in the invasions of Grenada and Panama.

To date, the Rangers have earned six Presidential Unit Citations, nine Valorous Unit Awards, and four Meritorious Unit Commendation, the most recent of which were earned in Vietnam and Haditha, Iraq, respectively.

Campaign participation credit

• World War II:

1. Algeria-French Morocco (with
   )
2. Tunisia
3. Sicily (with
   )
4. Naples-Foggia (with
   )
5. Anzio (with
   )
6. Rome-Arno
7. Normandy (with
   )
8. Northern France
9. Rhineland
10. Ardennes-Alsace
11. Central Europe
12. New Guinea
13. Philippines
14. Leyte (with
    )
15. Luzon
16. India-Burma
17. Central Burma

• Vietnam:

1. Advisory
2. Defense
3. Counteroffensive
4. Counteroffensive, Phase II
5. Counteroffensive, Phase III
6. Counteroffensive, Phase IV
7. Counteroffensive, Phase V
8. Counteroffensive, Phase VI
9. Counteroffensive, Phase VII
10. Tet Counteroffensive
11. Tet 69/Counteroffensive
12. Summer-Fall 1969
13. Winter-Spring 1970
14. Sanctuary Counteroffensive
15. Consolidation I
16. Consolidation II
17. Cease-Fire

• Armed Forces Expeditions:

1. Grenada (with
   )
2. Panama (with
   )

• Global War on Terrorism

• Afghanistan

1. Liberation of Afghanistan
2. Consolidation I
3. Consolidation II

• Iraqi

1. Liberation of Iraq
2. Transition of Iraq
3. Iraqi Governance
4. National Resolution

Decorations

1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for El Guetar
2. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Salerno
3. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Pointe du Hoc
4. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Saar River Area
5. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Myitkyina
6. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Vietnam 1966-1968
7. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Afghanistan 2010
8. Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Panama 1989
9. Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Afghanistan 04 Oct 2001- 31 Dec 2004
10. Valorous Unit Award for Vietnam - II Corps Area
11. Valorous Unit Award for Bình Dương Province
12. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1969
13. Valorous Unit Award for Fish Hook
14. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1971
15. Valorous Unit Award for Thừa Thiên–Quảng Trị
16. Valorous Unit Award for Grenada
17. Valorous Unit Award for Mogadishu
18. Valorous Unit Award for Haditha, Iraq
19. Valorous Unit Award for Southern Afghanistan 2011
20. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1968
21. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969
22. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969-1970
23. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Pacific Area
24. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan 2011

See also

• 75th Ranger Regiment
• United States Army Rangers

References

External links

• USASOC (2003). 75th Ranger Regiment: Fact Sheet. U.S. Special Operations Command. United States of America.

This page was last edited on 23 May 2023, at 04:53