581st Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 July 2006
581st Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 3d Signal Repair Company
Redesignated 28 May 1941 as the 177th Signal Repair Company
Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Inactivated 25 June 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 29 December 1948 as the 581st Signal Radio Relay Company
Activated 25 January 1949 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Inactivated 12 March 1953 in Korea
Redesignated 15 July 1954 as the 581st Signal Company and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Inactivated 1 May 1957 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Activated 15 November 1957 in Germany
Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Germany
Activated 15 March 1960 in Korea
Inactivated 15 December 1962 in Korea
Activated 25 June 1964 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Inactivated 15 September 1964 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Activated 25 April 1965 in Vietnam
Inactivated 1 August 1966 in Vietnam
Activated 4 May 1973 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2005 in Kuwait
581st Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966