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