228th Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008
228th Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 2 September 1941 in the Regular Army as the 228th Signal Operation Company
Activated 17 September 1941 in the Philippine Islands
Surrendered in 1942 to Japanese Forces in the Philippine Islands
Inactivated 2 April 1946 in the Philippine Islands
Redesignated 9 November 1954 as the 228th Signal Company
Activated 6 January 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Inactivated 16 November 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2003 in Kuwait
228th Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-AP: Philippine Islands
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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA 1941
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942