Lineage and Honors Information as of 15�Apr�2009
151st SIGNAL BATTALION
Constituted 23 March 1959 in the South Carolina Army National Guard as the 151st Signal Battalion and assigned to the 51st Infantry Division
Organized 1 April 1959 in central South Carolina from existing elements with Headquarters at Columbia
Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 51st Infantry Division
(Location of Headquarters changed 1 January 1968 to Newberry; on 1 July 1980 to Greenville)
Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 27 June 2004 and reverted to state control
HOME AREA: Northwestern South Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Greenville) additionally entitled to:
World War I
Somme Offensive
Ypres-Lys
Flanders 1918
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Company A (Greenwood) additionally entitled to:
World War II
Naples Foggia
North Apennines
Po Valley
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003–2004
Company A (Greenwood) additionally entitled to:
French Croix de Guerre with Silver-gilt star, World War II, Streamer embroidered CASSINO
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History