Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 December 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
509th Signal Battalion
- Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3906th Signal Service Battalion
- Activated 17 January 1945 in France
- Inactivated 31 August 1946 in the Ryukyu Islands
- Redesignated 27 June 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 509th Signal Service Battalion
- Activated 20 July 1947 in Korea
- Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
- Redesignated 8 January 1952 as Headquarters, 509th Signal Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 February 1952 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 as Headquarters, 509th Signal Battalion
- Inactivated 3 December 1954 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
- Redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 509th Signal Battalion
- Activated 25 March 1963 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas
- Inactivated 10 January 1968 in Vietnam
- Activated 1 December 1976 in Italy
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History