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