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Appropriate unit designations

RANGER appears on the top line of every stone.
Unit Designation Guidelines and Examples to Appear on the Stone

 

World War II Ranger Battalions
CO D 1st RANGER BN
CO F 4th RGR BN WWII
2nd RANGER BN (Remaining numbered battalions similar)
Merrill’s Marauders (1943-45)
MERRILL’S MARAUDERS
Ranger Infantry Companies (airborne) of the Korean War (1950-51)
1th RANGER CO ABN (Remaining numbered companies similar) CO A, RGR TNG COMD (For the lettered Companies trained by the Ranger Training Command, k)
Eighth Army Ranger Company (1950-51)
8th ARMY RANGER CO (Includes cadre and support personnel who ran the 8th Army ranger Training Center)
75TH Ranger Regiment (1974-Present)
75TH RANGER RGT (For Regimental Headquarters)
1/75TH INF (RANGER) (For Rangers in the 1/75th prior to the Regiment being activated)
1ST BN 75TH RGR RGT (For Ranger in the 1/75th after Regiment activated)
CO A 1/75TH RGR RGT (For Rangers wishing to designate Company and Battalion affiliation after the establishment of the Regiment.)
29th Rangers
29TH Rangers
LRPS (1954-1973)
(LRP)= Units before 1969
(RGR)=Units after 1969
CO P 75TH INF (LRP) (Other companies are similar)
Ranger Department, TIS
RANGER DEPT, TIS
Ranger Training Brigade
4TH BN RGR TNG BN RTB (Remaining numbered battalions are similar)
RANGER TNG BDE (For Rangers in Brigade Headquarters)
Rangers who served as advisors to a Vietnamese Ranger Unit (VN)
1ST RGR GP RVN
39TH RANGER BN RVN
42ND ARVN RANGER BN
(Examples of VN Ranger Unit designations)
Rangers who have not served in a Ranger Unit
CLASS 3-93
U.S. ARMY RANGER (In lieu of class number)
82ND AIRBORNE DIV
101ST INFANTRY DIV
(Other official unit designations are acceptable if requested by a Ranger qualified applicant)
Soldiers in direct support of Rangers in Combat
160TH AVIATION

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