324th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2008
324th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 27 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3111th Signal Service Battalion
Activated 20 January 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Inactivated 28 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
Redesignated 6 June 1950 as Headquarters, 324th Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 1 September 1950 at Newark, New Jersey
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1953 as Headquarters, 324th Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 324th Signal Battalion
Location changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; on 28 October 1957 to Jersey City, New Jersey
Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Jersey City, New Jersey
Redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 324th Signal Battalion, and activated at Fort Gordon,
Georgia
(328th [see ANNEX 1] and 543d [see ANNEX 2] Signal Companies reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1987 as Companies A and B,
324th Signal Battalion, respectively; Company C, 324th Signal Battalion, constituted 29 July 1987 in the Army Reserve and
activated 16 April 1988 at Athens, Georgia)
Ordered into active military service 20 June 2006 at Fort Gordon, Georgia; released from active military service 16 December 2007
and reverted to reserve status
ANNEX 1
Constituted 1 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3128th Signal Port Service Company
Activated 15 March 1944 at Camp Crowder, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 3 July 1944 as the 3128th Signal Service Company
Inactivated 20 December 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 1 February 1956 as the 328th Signal Company and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 13 February 1956 at Greenwood, South Carolina
Inactivated 31 December 1957 at Greenwood, South Carolina
Activated 15 March 1972 at Clemson, South Carolina
ANNEX 2
Constituted 24 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 543d Signal Base Depot Company
Activated 15 June 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Inactivated 20 June 1948 in Germany
Redesignated 27 May 1959 as the 543d Signal Company and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 15 June 1959 at Huntsville, Alabama
324th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2006-2007