Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
261st SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 26 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 261st Signal Construction Company
Activated 24 August 1942 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 9 March 1944 as the 261st Signal Heavy Construction Company
Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Redesignated 20 October 1950 as the 261st Signal Construction Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 20 November 1950 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1953 as the 261st Signal Company
Inactivated 22 March 1965 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Activated 21 January 1966 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 26 February 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2011 at Fort Bliss, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
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
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History