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The 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, was originally organized in February 1918 at Camp Upton, New York as Company C, 1st Separate Battalion, Heavy Tank Service, 65th Engineers. It was reorganized and redesignated on 16 March 1918 as Company C, 1st Heavy Battalion, Tank Service, on 16 April 1918 as Company C, 41st Heavy Battalion, Tank Corps, and on 11 June 1918 as Company C, 301st Battalion, Tank Corps. During the First World War, the unit participated in 3 camapigns: Somme Offensive, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.
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