35th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2002
35th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 35th Signal Construction Battalion
Activated 23 February 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1945 as the 35th Signal Light Construction Battalion
Inactivated 5 October 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
Allotted 12 January 1948 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 16 January 1948 with Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1950 as the 35th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1952 as the 35th Signal Construction Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1953 as the 35th Signal Battalion
Location of Headquarters changed 7 February 1958 to Jersey City, New Jersey
Inactivated 24 July 1959 at Jersey City, New Jersey
Activated 16 November 1980 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico
35th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER