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566th Adjutant General Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 October 2006

566th Adjutant General Company

Constituted 23 March 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 566th Army Postal Unit

Activated 26 April 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Inactivated 20 October 1945 in Germany

Allotted 28 October 1954 to the Regular Army

Activated 17 December 1954 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Inactivated 27 June 1972 in Vietnam

Redesignated 16 September 1988 as the 566th Adjutant General Company and activated in Germany

Inactivated 16 June 1996 in Germany

Activated 17 August 2006 in Germany

566th Adjutant General Company

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: 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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971-1972


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