Headquarters and Headquarters Company
9th Signal Command Lineage


Constituted 14 February 1918 in the Regular Army as the 9th Service Company, Signal Corps

Activated 19 April 1918 in Hawaii

Redesignated in June 1922 as Service Company Number 9, Signal Corps

Redesignated 12 May 1925 as the 9th Signal Service Company

Redesignated 24 April 1943 as the 972d Signal Service Company

Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1944 as the 972d Signal Service Battalion

Inactivated 18 October 1948 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii

Redesignated 14 May 1958 as the 972d Signal Battalion

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 972d Signal Battalion, activated 23 June 1958 at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania

Reorganized and redesignated 4 May 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 972d Signal Battalion

Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam

Activated 10 May 1968 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Inactivated 29 November 1969 in Vietnam

Redesignated 16 September 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Signal Command, and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona


Headquarters and Headquarters Company
9th Signal Command Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Central Pacific

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970


Decorations


Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967