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516th Personnel Services Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 November 1996

516th Personnel Services Battalion Lineage

Constituted 1 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 516th Replacement Company

Activated 20 June 1944 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 3 October 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California

Allotted 27 September 1951 to the Regular Army

Activated 7 November 1951 in Japan

Inactivated 21 May 1954 in Japan

Redesignated 30 December 1965 as the 516th Personnel Service Company

Activated 1 February 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 29 August 1972 in Vietnam

Activated 16 October 1987 in Korea

Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1995 as the 516th Personnel Services Battalion

516th Personnel Services Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam: 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) for PACIFIC AREA 1951-1953

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971-1972


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