Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010
501st SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 15 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3163d Signal Service Company
Activated 20 March 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Redesignated 1 April 1947 as the 501st Signal Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 22 August 1951 as the 501st Signal Radio Relay Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 2 February 1952 as the 501st Signal Service Company
Reorganized and redesignated 9 March 1953 as the 501st Signal Company
Inactivated 23 March 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Activated 1 July 1974 in Korea
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History