Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
5th SIGNAL CENTER
- Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 4th Signal Construction Company
- Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Ord, California
- Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 255th Signal Construction Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 June 1945 as the 255th Signal Light Construction Company
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 13 December 1948 as the 593d Signal Operation Company
- Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 26 October 1950 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Redesignated 26 November 1958 as the 593d Signal Company
- Activated 15 January 1959 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
- Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany
- Inactivated 30 September 1984 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 1990 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Inactivated 15 January 1998 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Redesignated 27 January 2005 as the 5th Signal Center
- Activated 16 October 2006 in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- American Theater, Streamer without inscription
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- 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
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History