Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
226th SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 21st Signal Operation Company
Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 226th Signal Operation Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1945 as the 226th Signal Service Company
Redesignated 20 March 1953 as the 226th Signal Company
Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Korea
Activated 15 October 1957 in Korea
Inactivated 28 February 1978 in Korea
Activated 16 October 1997 in Korea
Inactivated 15 October 2005 in Korea
Activated 16 October 2011 at Fort Drum, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Tunisia
Rome-Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
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
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History