304th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 January 2004
304th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Signal Battalion
Organized in March 1922 at Atlanta, Georgia
Redesignated 8 December 1942 as the 304th Signal Operation Battalion
Ordered into active military service 1 June 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 304th Signal Battalion
Withdrawn 15 June 1953 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
304th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; 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) for ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1953
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944