44th Signal Battalion Lineage


Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 44th Signal Construction Battalion


Redesignated 14 April 1944 as the 44th Signal Light Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee


Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 44th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion


Inactivated 6 April 1946 in Japan


Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 44th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam


Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam


Activated 17 March 1972 in Vietnam


Inactivated 3 June 1972 at Oakland, California


Activated 16 March 1981 in Germany

44th Signal Battalion Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe; Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription




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; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire


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 1968-1969


Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA



Company C additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967