278th Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 July 2006
278th Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 12 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1308th Signal Pigeon Company
Activated 20 March 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida
Disbanded 29 February 1944 at Gulfport, Mississippi
Reconstituted 14 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1308th Signal Pigeon Company
Activated 28 April 1944 at Gulfport, Mississippi
Redesignated 26 October 1944 as the 278th Signal Pigeon Company
Inactivated 30 October 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 25 June 1964 as the 278th Signal Company, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 1 September 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 16 March 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 14 August 1987 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 October 2005 in Kuwait278th Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1970