Headquarters and Headquarters Company
9th Signal Command
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 August 2005
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
9th Signal Command Lineage
Constituted 14 February 1918 in the Regular Army as the 9th Service Company, Signal Corps
Activated 19 April 1918 in Hawaii
Redesignated in June 1922 as Service Company Number 9, Signal Corps
Redesignated 12 May 1925 as the 9th Signal Service Company
Redesignated 24 April 1943 as the 972d Signal Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1944 as the 972d Signal Service Battalion
Inactivated 18 October 1948 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Redesignated 14 May 1958 as the 972d Signal Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 972d Signal Battalion, activated 23 June 1958 at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania
Reorganized and redesignated 4 May 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 972d Signal Battalion
Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam
Activated 10 May 1968 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 29 November 1969 in Vietnam
Redesignated 16 September 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Signal Command, and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
9th Signal Command Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Central Pacific
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967