204th Military Intelligence Battalion

Constituted 4 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3118th Signal Service Battalion
Activated 15 November 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 13 April 1945 as the 3118th Signal Service Group
Reorganized and redesignated 14 November 1945 as the 3118th Signal Service Battalion
Headquarters reorganized and redesignated 3 April 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3118th Signal Service Group (remainder of battalion concurrently disbanded)
Inactivated 20 June 1947 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 25 April 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 502d Communication Reconnaissance Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 May 1951 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 502d Army Security Agency Group
Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Germany
Activated 3 May 1971 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 502d Army Security Agency Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Military Intelligence Battalion (409th Army Security Agency Company [activated 8 April 1966] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A; Companies B and C constituted; 328th Army Security Agency Company [organized1 April 1944] reorganized and redesignated as Company D)
Battalion inactivated 16 July 1995 in Germany
(Company A redesignated 10 April 1997 as the 409th Military Intelligence Company, and Company D redesignated as the 328th Military Intelligence Company [hereafter separate lineages]; new Companies A and D concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 16 October 1997 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2007

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History