Lineage and Honors Information as of 22�Jan�2010
169th SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 31 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 24th Signal Construction Battalion
Activated 21 February 1944 at Camp Swift, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1944 as the 24th Signal Light Construction Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 24th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1946 as the 169th Signal Heavy Construction Company
Allotted 3 January 1949 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 22 July 1949 as the 169th Signal Construction Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1953 as the 169th Signal Company
Inactivated 22 March 1965 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Activated 25 September 1965 in Germany
Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany
Activated 1 July 1974 in Korea
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History