Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 Mar 2010
44th SIGNAL BATTALION
Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 44th Signal Construction Battalion
Redesignated 14 April 1944 as the 44th Signal Light Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 44th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion
Inactivated 6 April 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 44th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam
Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 17 March 1972 in Vietnam
Inactivated 3 June 1972 at Oakland, California
Activated 16 March 1981 in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Central Europe
Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
without inscription
Vietnam
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
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Company C additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History