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556th Personnel Services Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 November 2001

556th Personnel Services Battalion Lineage

Constituted 25 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 556th Replacement Company and activated in North Africa

Disbanded 8 August 1945 in Italy

Reconstituted 27 September 1951 in the Regular Army as the 556th Replacement Company

Activated 7 November 1951 in Japan

Inactivated 15 June 1953 in Japan

Redesignated 10 January 1968 as the 556th Personnel Service Company and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Inactivated 1 October 1968 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Activated 16 July 1986 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1995 as the 556th Personnel Services Battalion

556th Personnel Services Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rome-Arno

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC AREA 1951-1953


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