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580th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008

580th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 17 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 580th Signal Depot Company

Activated 20 January 1944 at Fort Ord, California

Inactivated 10 June 1946 in Austria

Redesignated 21 July 1965 as the 580th Signal Company and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 1 August 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam

Activated 1 March 1991 in Saudi Arabia

580th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Central Europe

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970

Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism: Afghanistan

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005


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