35th Signal Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2002

35th Signal Battalion Lineage

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 35th Signal Construction Battalion

Activated 23 February 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri

Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1945 as the 35th Signal Light Construction Battalion

Inactivated 5 October 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana

Allotted 12 January 1948 to the Organized Reserves

Activated 16 January 1948 with Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1950 as the 35th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1952 as the 35th Signal Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1953 as the 35th Signal Battalion

Location of Headquarters changed 7 February 1958 to Jersey City, New Jersey

Inactivated 24 July 1959 at Jersey City, New Jersey

Activated 16 November 1980 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico

35th Signal Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER