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    327th Signal Battalion


    Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 October 1996

    327th Signal Battalion Lineage

  • Constituted 26 May 1952 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 327th Signal Support Battalion
  • Activated 30 June 1952 at Tampa, Florida
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 327th Signal Battalion
  • Inactivated 7 July 1959 at Tampa, Florida
  • Withdrawn 18 April 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 August 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 327th Signal Battalion; concurrently, the 416th Signal Company (see ANNEX 1) and the 221st Signal Company (see ANNEX 2) reorganized and redesignated, respectively, as Company A and Company B, 327th Signal Battalion


    • ANNEX 1

  • Constituted 29 August 1940 in the Regular Army as the 316th Signal Aviation Company
  • Activated 20 September 1940 at Mitchel Field, New York
  • Redesignated 5 March 1941 as the 316th Signal Company, Air Wing
  • Redesignated 24 October 1941 as the 416th Signal Company, Aviation
  • Inactivated 16 October 1945 in Italy
  • Redesignated 15 December 1954 as the 416th Signal Aviation Company
  • Activated 7 February 1955 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
  • Reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1961 as the 416th Signal Company
  • Inactivated 2 February 1963 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
  • Activated 18 August 1965 at Fort Lee, Virginia


    • ANNEX 2

  • Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 221st Signal Depot Company
  • Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
  • Inactivated 20 June 1948 in Germany
  • Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 221st Signal Base Depot Company
  • Activated 22 January 1952 at Atlanta, Georgia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 4 October 1954 as the 221st Signal Company
  • Inactivated 1 September 1965 at Sacramento, California
  • Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
  • Inactivated 1 July 1974 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina


    • 327th Signal Battalion Honors

    Campaign Participation Credit

  • Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait


    • Additional Honors

  • Company A additionally entitled to:

    •      - World War II-EAME: Antisubmarine; Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno

  • Company B additionally entitled to:

    •      - World War II-EAME: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland

         - Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II

    Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA


    • Additional Decorations

  • Company A additionally entitled to:

    •      - Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER

  • Company B additionally entitled to:

    •      - Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970

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