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Headquarters and Headquarters Company
516th Signal Brigade

Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2005

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
516th Signal Brigade Lineage

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3367th Signal Service Battalion

Activated 25 November 1944 in New Guinea

Inactivated 27 February 1947 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 19 August 1947 as the 516th Signal Service Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Activated 12 September 1947 on Guam

Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam (organic elements concurrently disbanded)

Redesignated 14 January 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 516th Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 10 February 1954 in Germany

Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany

Redesignated 16 October 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 516th Signal Brigade, and activated at Fort Shafter, Hawaii

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
516th Signal Brigade Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Southern Philippines

Decorations

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945


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