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16th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008

16th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 14 April 1921 in the Regular Army as the 16th Service Company, Signal Corps

Activated 1 July 1921 at Fort Howard, Maryland

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 16th Signal Service Company

Disbanded 15 February 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland

Reconstituted 6 March 1946 in the Regular Army as the 16th Signal Service Company

Activated 15 April 1946 in Japan

Inactivated 15 July 1949 in Japan

Redesignated 2 November 1950 as the 16th Signal Radio Relay Company

Activated 8 December 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 as the 16th Signal Company

Inactivated 10 June 1958 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Activated 8 June 1959 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Inactivated 11 December 1961 in Germany

Activated 1 December 1967 in Vietnam

Inactivated 1 April 1969 in Vietnam

Activated 1 October 1981 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Inactivated 15 May 1993 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Hood, Texas

16th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Decorations

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968


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