Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 Mar 2020
178th Personnel Company
- Constituted 27 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 38th Replacement Battalion
- Activated 25 January 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1943 as the 178th Replacement Company
- Inactivated 31 January 1947 in Germany
- Allotted 1 February 1955 to the Regular Army
- Activated 18 March 1955 in Germany
- Inactivated 24 June 1957 in France
- Activated 24 September 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 26 March 1973 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 21 June 1978 as the 178th Personnel Service Company and activated in Germany
- Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Germany
- Redesignated 13 February 2013 as the 178th Personnel Company
- Activated 16 July 2014 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History