440th Signal Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 July 2003

440th Signal Battalion Lineage

Constituted 18 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 440th Signal Battalion

Activated 25 March 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington

Reorganized and redesignated 14 December 1942 as the 440th Signal Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 23 July 1944 as the 440th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 12 April 1949 as the 440th Signal Aviation Heavy Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1951 as the 440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion

Inactivated 16 May 1956 in Korea

Redesignated 29 September 1961 as the 440th Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 1 October 1961 in Germany

440th Signal Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Papua; New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon

Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; Korea, Summer 1953

Company A additionally entitled to:

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KOREA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC THEATER

Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for KOREA

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953

Company A additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PAPUA