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19th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 January 2001

19th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 18 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 19th Signal Radar Maintenance Unit, Type A

Activated 29 May 1944 at Camp Davis, North Carolina

Inactivated 15 January 1946 on Iwo Jima

Redesignated 1 June 1949 as the 19th Signal Radar Maintenance Unit, Type C, and activated in Japan

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as the 19th Signal Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 22 June 1957 in Japan

Activated 24 September 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Inactivated 24 October 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Activated 19 March 1962 at Fort McPherson, Georgia

Inactivated 24 October 1963 at Atlanta, Georgia

Activated 6 August 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 1 December 1969 in Vietnam

Activated 15 August 1975 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1979 as the 19th Signal Company

19th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II-AP: Air Offensive, Japan

Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; 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

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969


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