98th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2008
98th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 98th Signal Battalion
Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Inactivated 31 May 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 12 January 1948 as the 98th Signal Operations Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted
to the Organized Reserves
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Redesignated 23 March 1956 as the 98th Signal Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 98th Signal Battalion, activated 24 May 1956 at East Orange, New Jersey
Location changed 19 February 1957 to Montclair, New Jersey
Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Montclair, New Jersey
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 98th Signal Battalion, redesignated 31 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 98th Signal Battalion, and activated at Rochester, New York
Location changed 1 July 1968 to Webster, New York
Inactivated 17 June 1990 at Webster, New York
Battalion activated 18 September 2008 with Headquarters at Mesa, Arizona (organic elements concurrently constituted and
activated)
98th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Southern Philippines
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945