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To contact us:

Mail:

National Ranger Memorial Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 53369

Fort Benning, GA 31995

Telephone:

(706) 687-0906

E-mail:

www.rangermemorial@
earthlink.net

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 1^ST RANGER BN

CO F 4^TH RGR BN WWII

1^ST RANGER BN

2^ND 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^ST 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 8^th Army ranger Training Center)

75^TH Ranger Regiment (1974-Present)

75^TH RANGER RGT (For Regimental Headquarters)

1/75^TH INF (RANGER) (For Rangers in the 1/75^th prior to the Regiment being activated)

1^ST BN 75^TH RGR RGT (For Ranger in the 1/75^th after Regiment activated)

CO A 1/75^TH RGR RGT (For Rangers wishing to designate Company and Battalion affiliation after the establishment of the Regiment.)

29^th 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

4^TH 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)

1^ST RGR GP RVN

39^TH RANGER BN RVN

42^ND 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)

82^ND AIRBORNE DIV

101^ST INFANTRT DIV

(Other official unit designations are acceptable if requested by a Ranger

qualified applicant)

Soldiers in direct support of Rangers in Combat

160^TH AVIATION