Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011
579th SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 579th Signal Depot Company
Activated 20 December 1943 at Camp Cooke, California
Inactivated 25 March 1946 in Germany
Activated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa
Inactivated 1 July 1950 on Okinawa
Activated 21 September 1950 at Atlanta, Georgia
Allotted 16 July 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1954 as the 579th Signal Company
Inactivated 15 December 1958 at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania
Activated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 November 2006 in Korea
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Vietnam
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History