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278th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 July 2006

278th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 12 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1308th Signal Pigeon Company

Activated 20 March 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida

Disbanded 29 February 1944 at Gulfport, Mississippi

Reconstituted 14 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1308th Signal Pigeon Company

Activated 28 April 1944 at Gulfport, Mississippi

Redesignated 26 October 1944 as the 278th Signal Pigeon Company

Inactivated 30 October 1945 in Germany

Redesignated 25 June 1964 as the 278th Signal Company, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Inactivated 1 September 1970 in Vietnam

Activated 16 March 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 14 August 1987 at Fort Hood, Texas

Activated 16 October 2005 in Kuwait

278th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe

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

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1970

 


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