Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
556th SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 556th Signal Depot Company
Activated 1 April 1944 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
Inactivated 31 October 1946 at Honolulu, Hawaii
Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 556th Signal Radio Relay Company
Activated 10 November 1951 in Korea
Inactivated 12 March 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 15 November 1957 as the 556th Signal Company
Activated 15 March 1960 in Korea
Inactivated 15 December 1962 in Korea
Activated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
Inactivated 26 January 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 April 1993 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Inactivated 15 September 1998 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Activated 16 October 2005 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
without inscription
Korean War
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Vietnam
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2009
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History