Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
338th SIGNAL COMPANY
- Organized and Federally recognized 30 June 1921 in the Indiana National Guard at Elwood as Battery B, 150th Field Artillery; assigned 16 March 1923 to the 38th Division
- Inducted into Federal service 17 January 1941 at Elwood
- (38th Division redesignated 10 February 1942 as the 38th Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1942 as Battery B, 150th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 1 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 August 1947 in the Indiana National Guard as Battery B, 150th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1959 as Battery B, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 139th Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Battery C, 1st Battalion, 150th Artillery
- Converted, reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1965 as the 2d and 3d Forward Area Signal Platoons, Company B, 138th Signal Battalion
- Consolidated 1 February 1972 with Company B, 138th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 138th Signal Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1991 as Company C, 138th Signal Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as the Signal Company, 38th Sustainment Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 38th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2011 as the 338th Signal Company
- ANNEX
- Organized and Federally recognized 7 October 1921 in the Indiana National Guard at Tipton as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 152d Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1927 as Company E, 152d Infantry
- Inducted into Federal service 17 January 1941 at Tipton
- Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 16 June 1947 in the Indiana National Guard as Company E, 151st Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1959 as Company E, 2d Battle Group, 293d Infantry, an element of the 38th Infantry Division
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Company B, 138th Signal Battalion
- HOME STATION: Elwood
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Luzon
Decorations
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1946
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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