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Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011

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596th SIGNAL COMPANY

 

           Constituted 13 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 596th Joint Assault Signal  Company

            Activated 20 June 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

            Inactivated 25 September 1945 at Camp Callan, California

            Redesignated 20 July 1951 as the 596th Signal Support Company and allotted to the Regular Army

            Activated 6 August 1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

            Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 596th Signal Company

            Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam

            Activated 16 December 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas, as an element of the 1st Armored Division

             Inactivated 15 July 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division

            Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
           


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Vietnam
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

            Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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