812th Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 June 2002
812th Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 9 June 1942 in the Regular Army as the 812th Signal Service Company
Redesignated 17 June 1942 as the 812th Signal Port Service Company
Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 26 February 1944 as the 812th Signal Service Company
Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Italy
Redesignated 6 December 1946 as the 812th Signal Depot Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 17 December 1946 at Wilmington, Delaware
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reoganized and redesignated 10 November 1948 as the 812th Signal Light Construction Company
Reorganized and redesignated 19 July 1949 as the 812th Signal Construction Company
Inactivated 5 October 1953 at Wilmington, Delaware
Redesignated 4 March 1959 as the 812th Signal Company
Activated 24 April 1959 at Cincinnati, Ohio
Location changed 14 December 1970 to Kings Mills, Ohio
Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Kings Mills, Ohio
Activated 16 September 2000 at Concord, California
812th Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for ITALY