518th Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 May 2008
518th Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 1st Radio Intelligence Company
Activated 1 November 1938 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 121st Signal Radio Intelligence Company
Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 3 January 1949 as the 518th Signal Radio Relay Company
Activated 1 April 1949 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 20 March 1953 as the 518th Signal Company
Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Korea
Activated 15 December 1958 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 11 December 1961 in Germany
Activated 22 June 1962 at Fort Gordon, Georgia
Inactivated 20 December 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 4 May 1973 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2002 at Fort Gordon, Georgia
518th Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Rhineland; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA SEP 1950-JUL 1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA JULY 1952