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Below are samples of units that appear on the stones. This is not an
all-inclusive listing and you can choose other unit designations. The foundation
office will contact the purchaser if the name or unit designation is
inappropriate. There is no rank on the stone and the word 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)
1 th 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)
8 th 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)
1 ST 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
29 TH RANGERS
LRPS (1954-1973)
(LRP) = Units before
1969
(RGR) = Units after
1969
CO P 75 TH
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 INFANTRT 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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