Lineages and Honors Information
Signal
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 March 2018
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
54th Signal Battalion
- Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 54th Signal Battalion
- Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Ord, California
- Inactivated 29 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Activated 1 August 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 17 February 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 16 June 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 15 April 1989 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 54th Signal Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Signal Battalion, and activated in Saudi Arabia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- 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
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2010-2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History