Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011
578th SIGNAL COMPANY
Constituted 20 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Signal Photographic Company
Activated 10 April 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Disbanded 6 September 1945 in Germany
Reconstituted 4 March 1949 in the Regular Army as the 578th Signal Construction Company
Activated 25 April 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 27 September 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 1 October 1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 17 June 1953 as the 578th Signal Company
Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
Activated 16 June 2000 in Germany
Inactivated 15 September 2006 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Tunisia
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
Anzio (with arrowhead)
Rome-Arno
Southern France (with arrowhead)
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
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
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History