307th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 March 2009
307th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 313th Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion
Activated 15 June 1942 in the Canal Zone
Reorganized and redesignated 27 January 1944 as the 313th Antiaircraft Balloon Battalion, Low Altitude
Converted and redesignated 10 April 1944 as the 48th Signal Light Construction Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 48th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion
Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 307th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 11 March 1947 with Headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio (organic elements activated 24 April 1947)
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserves Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1950 as the 307th Signal Construction Battalion
Location of Headquarters changed 5 February 1951 to Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 307th Signal Battalion
Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1957 to Cincinnati, Ohio
(Organic elements disbanded 24 April 1959)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 307th Signal Battalion, inactivated 15 January 1963 at Cincinnati, Ohio
Withdrawn 1 March 1970 from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam
Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
Redesignated 31 July 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Signal Battalion, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army and activated)
Battalion inactivated 1 October 1977 in Korea
(Company A activated 16 May 1987 in Korea)
Activated (less Company A) 16 March 1988 in Korea
307th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: American Theater, Streamer without inscription; Rhineland
Vietnam: Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER