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