551st Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2001
551st Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 10 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 551st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, Separate
Activated 15 December 1941 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Redesignated 12 December 1942 as the 551st Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
Inactivated 1 February 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 23 September 1986 as the 551st Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia
551st Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Northern Solomons; Leyte; Southern Philippines
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Company A additionally entitled to:
Army Superior Unit Award for 1999-2000