Lineages and Honors Information
Psychological Operations
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 June 2021
344th Psychological Operation Company
- Constituted 20 December 1965 in the Regular Army as the 244th Psychological Operations Company
- Activated 10 February 1966 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 1 January 1968 in Vietnam
- Withdrawn 30 October 1975 from the Regular Army an allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently activated at Abilene, Texas
- Detachment ordered into active military service 27 December 1990 at Abilene, Texas; released from active military service 10 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Abilene, Texas
- Redesignated 16 June 1996 as the 344th Psychological Operation Company
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Austin, Texas
- Ordered into active military service 9-19 March 2010 at Austin, Texas; released from active military service 12-22 April 2011 and reverted to reserve status
- Detachment ordered into active military service 2 January 2019 at Austin, Texas; released from active military service 1 January 2020 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History