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Headquarters and Headquarters detachment
69th Signal Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 April 2007

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
69th Signal Battalion Lineage

Constituted 13 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 69th Signal Battalion

Activated 15 December 1942 at Camp McCain, Mississippi

Inactivated 20 April 1945 in Austria

Allotted 11 March 1955 to the Regular Army and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 69th Signal Battalion, activated 17 March 1972 in Vietnam

Inactivated 13 November 1972 at Oakland, California

Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
69th Signal Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: 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; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970

Army Superior Unit Award for 2002-2003


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