Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 44th Signal Construction Battalion

Redesignated 14 April 1944 as the 44th Signal Light Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 44th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion

Inactivated 6 April 1946 in Japan

    Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 44th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam

Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam

Activated 17 March 1972 in Vietnam

Inactivated 3 June 1972 at Oakland, California

Activated 16 March 1981 in Germany

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II    
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Central Europe
                                                        Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
                                                             without inscription

                                                        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
                                                        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 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

Company C additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967      

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004

 

    

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: