Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
43d Signal Battalion Lineage


Constituted 7 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 43d Signal Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Crowder, Missouri

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as the 43d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion

Inactivated 28 May 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 43d Signal Battalion; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated in Vietnam

(Companies A, B, C, D, and E inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam)

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d Signal Battalion, inactivated 30 May 1971 in Vietnam

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d Signal Battalion, activated 1 July 1974 in Germany


Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
43d Signal Battalion Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe


Vietnam: 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

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire


Decorations


Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1970