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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011

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208th SIGNAL COMPANY

 

            Constituted 19 February 1942 in the Regular Army as the 208th Signal Depot Company

            Activated 18 May 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri

            Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

            Activated 1 August 1946 in Alaska

            Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1947 as the 208th Signal Service Company

            Inactivated 15 October 1949 in Alaska

            Redesignated 7 June 1954 as the 208th Signal Company

            Activated 3 August 1954 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

            Inactivated 1 May 1957 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

            Activated 24 September 1960 in Germany

            Inactivated 24 March 1964 in Germany

            Activated 24 June 1964 at Fort Lee, Virginia

            Inactivated 1 September 1965 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

            Activated 24 February 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Inactivated 20 September 1968 at Fort Lewis, Washington

            Activated 16 December 1992 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

            Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Fort Bliss, Texas

            Activated 16 October 2011 at Fort Bliss, Texas


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
                                                                       
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism

(Additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

            Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
           
            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
           
            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
                                                           

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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