Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 December 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3907th Signal Service Battalion
Activated 17 January 1945 in France
Inactivated 25 November 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 19 July 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Signal Support Battalion, and allotted to
the Regular Army
Activated 6 August 1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Signal Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1962-1965
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1972
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003