121st Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 March 2003
121st Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion
Organized 16 September 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as the 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps, to consist of the following companies:
Company A organized 27 July 1898 as Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 5 April 1910 as Field Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 19 October 1915 as Radio Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 11 November 1916 as Company A, 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps
Company B organized 27 July 1898 as Company D, Signal Corps; redesignated 5 April 1910 as Field Company D, Signal Corps; redesignated 11 November 1916 as Company B, 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps
(Company C, 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps, organized 11 May 1917)
Battalion assigned 24 May 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (redesignated 6 July 1917 as the 1st Division; redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 1st Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 2d Field Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1921 as the 1st Signal Company
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 121st Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 8 February 1957 and activated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas)
Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 16 February 1996 in Germany
121st Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
War with Spain: Puerto Rico
World War I: Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for EUROPE 1944-1945
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
Army Superior Unit Award for 1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for LORRAINE-PICARDY
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I for FRANCE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for TUNISIA
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1965-1970