Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 March 2011
532d Signal Company
Constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3251st Signal Service Company
Activated 27 April 1944 in England
Inactivated 13 November 1945 in England
Redesignated 6 May 1948 as the 532d Signal Service Company
Activated 20 June 1948 in Austria
Inactivated 1 December 1949 in Austria
Redesignated 12 June 1950 as the 532d Signal Construction Company
Activated 26 June 1950 in Japan
Inactivated 2 November 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 532d Signal Installation Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 16 February 1952 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California
Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 as the 532d Signal Company
Inactivated 25 June 1956 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Activated 1 May 1960 in France
Inactivated 1 July 1967 in Germany
Activated 1 October 1968 in Vietnam
Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 10 February 1971 in Vietnam
Inactivated 25 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 4 May 1973 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1994 in the Netherlands
Activated 16 January 2011 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History