580th Signal Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
580th Signal Company Lineage
Constituted 17 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 580th Signal Depot Company
Activated 20 January 1944 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 10 June 1946 in Austria
Redesignated 21 July 1965 as the 580th Signal Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 August 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam
Activated 1 March 1991 in Saudi Arabia
580th Signal Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: 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
Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Afghanistan
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005