40th Signal Battalion
(Team 40th)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
40th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 31 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 40th Signal Construction Battalion
Activated 21 September 1942 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1945 as the 40th Signal Light Construction Battalion
Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Redesignated 31 August 1950 as the 40th Signal Construction Battalion
Activated 19 September 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Allotted 31 October 1950 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 40th Signal Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Signal Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th Signal Battalion (organic elements inactivated 30 September 1981 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona)
40th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer Embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer Embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer Embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Company C additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003