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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010

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501st SIGNAL COMPANY

 

Constituted 15 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3163d Signal Service Company

Activated 20 March 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Redesignated 1 April 1947 as the 501st Signal Service Company

Reorganized and redesignated 22 August 1951 as the 501st Signal Radio Relay Company and allotted to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1952 as the 501st Signal Service Company

Reorganized and redesignated 9 March 1953 as the 501st Signal Company

Inactivated 23 March 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Activated 1 July 1974 in Korea

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Central Europe

 

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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