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812th Signal Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 June 2002

812th Signal Company Lineage

Constituted 9 June 1942 in the Regular Army as the 812th Signal Service Company

Redesignated 17 June 1942 as the 812th Signal Port Service Company

Activated 20 July 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 26 February 1944 as the 812th Signal Service Company

Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Italy

Redesignated 6 December 1946 as the 812th Signal Depot Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserves

Activated 17 December 1946 at Wilmington, Delaware

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reoganized and redesignated 10 November 1948 as the 812th Signal Light Construction Company

Reorganized and redesignated 19 July 1949 as the 812th Signal Construction Company

Inactivated 5 October 1953 at Wilmington, Delaware

Redesignated 4 March 1959 as the 812th Signal Company

Activated 24 April 1959 at Cincinnati, Ohio

Location changed 14 December 1970 to Kings Mills, Ohio

Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Kings Mills, Ohio

Activated 16 September 2000 at Concord, California

812th Signal Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II-EAME: Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for ITALY


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