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11th Signal Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 August 2007

11th Signal Detachment Lineage

Constituted 18 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 11th Signal Radar Maintenance Unit, Type A

Activated 25 April 1944 at Camp Davis, North Carolina

Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Belgium

Redesignated 25 January 1949 as the 11th Signal Radar Maintenance Unit

Allotted 15 February 1949 to the Regular Army

Activated 26 February 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 as the 11th Signal Detachment

Inactivated 24 June 1956 in Korea

Redesignated 17 May 1957 as the 11th Signal Platoon

Activated 25 May 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 16 May 1960 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Activated 15 August 1967 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Inactivated 15 February 1969 in Vietnam

Redesignated 16 September 1993 as the 11th Signal Detachment and activated in Germany

11th Signal Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II-EAME: Northern France; Central Europe

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV;Counteroffensive, Phase V;Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1953

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954


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