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396th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 December 2006

396th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 30 March 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 396th Signal Company, Aviation

Activated 1 April 1943 at the Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center, Pinedale, California

Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Redesignated 18 August 1950 as the 396th Signal Aviation Light Construction Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 1 September 1950 at San Bruno, California

Location changed 1 January 1951 to Palo Alto, California

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1951 as the 396th Signal Aviation Construction Company

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1952 as the 396th Signal Construction Company

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1953 as the 396th Signal Company

Location changed 23 May 1957 to Mountain View, California; on 1 February 1958 to San Carlos, California

Inactivated 1 July 1959 at San Carlos, California

Consolidated 21 October 1977 with the 396th Signal Detachment (active) (see ANNEX); consolidated unit designated as the 396th Signal Company and allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 31 August 1985 at Fort Clayton, Panama

Activated 16 October 1991 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii

ANNEX

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3693d Signal Service Detachment

Activated 25 November 1944 in New Guinea

Redesignated 13 May 1945 as the 3693d Signal Equipment Installation Detachment

Inactivated 19 July 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 29 April 1965 as the 396th Signal Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 18 May 1965 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Inactivated 20 July 1966 in Vietnam

Activated 3 January 1972 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone

396th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: China Defensive; New Guinea

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II

Decorations

Army Superior Unit Award for 1992-1993


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