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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 December 2011

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178th SIGNAL COMPANY


            Constituted 6 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 178th Signal Repair Company
           
            Activated 10 April 1942 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
           
            Inactivated 14 June 1946 in Belgium
           
            Redesignated 20 November 1957 as the 178th Signal Company and allotted to the Regular Army
           
            Activated 20 December 1957 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
           
            Inactivated 1 August 1966 in Vietnam
           
            Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany
           
            Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
           
            Activated 17 October 2011 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina


                                                CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Rhineland

Vietnam
Advisory
Defense
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II

 

DECORATIONS

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1962-1965

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966

 

           

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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