173rd Airborne Brigade

Brigade · United States · from August 5, 1917 · inactive January 31, 1919 – June 24, 1921 · inactive September 21, 1945 – May 12, 1947 · inactive December 1, 1951 – March 26, 1963 · inactive January 14, 1972 – June 12, 2000 · 3,300 strong

The first US Army combat unit in Vietnam.

View on map Fought in Vietnam War Wikipedia

Attached units 1

July 13, 2008 503rd Infantry Regiment Under this formation at Battle of Wanat (Wikipedia infobox)

Strength and losses

Nominal Strength: 3,300

Movements

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
April 22 – September 16, 1943 Salamaua–Lae campaign
August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945 Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge
March 22 – May 8, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany
May 7, 1965 – October 31, 1967 Based at Biên Hòa Map
January 14, 1966 Operation Crimp
January 8–26, 1967 Operation Cedar Falls
November 3, 1967 Battle of Dak To Takes Hill 875 Map
November 24, 1967 – August 25, 1971 Moves to Bình Định province Map
September 11, 2001 War on terror
October 7, 2001 – December 28, 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom
March 20, 2003 – December 18, 2011 Iraq War
March 26, 2003 – April 9, 2003 Operation Northern Delay Parachutes onto Bashur airfield Map
April 10, 2003 – February 15, 2004 Occupies Kirkuk Map
July 13, 2008 Battle of Wanat
January 1, 2015 – August 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)