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Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012

72d SIGNAL BATTALION

  • Constituted 8 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3186th Signal Service Battalion
  • Activated 15 May 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
  • Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 72d Signal Service Battalion
  • Inactivated 25 January 1950 in Japan
  • Redesignated 7 June 1954 as Headquarters, 72d Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 15 July 1954 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
  • Reorganized and redesignated 9 December 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 72d Signal Battalion
  • Inactivated 1 October 1964 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
  • Activated 25 September 1965 in Germany
  • Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany
  • Activated 1 January 1972 in Germany
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 2003 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 72d Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
       without inscription
  • War on Terrorism
  •    Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • (additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2009

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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