440th Signal Battalion (United States)

History lineage and honors

• 18 March 1942: Constituted in the Army of the United States as the "440th Signal Battalion".
• 25 March 1942: Activated at Geiger Field, Washington.
• 14 December 1942: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Construction Battalion".
• 23 July 1944: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion".
• 23 May 1951: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion".
• 16 May 1956: Inactivated in South Korea.
• 29 September 1961: Redesignated as the "440th Signal Battalion", and allotted to the Regular Army.
• 1 October 1961: Activated in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The unit was stationed at Kleber Kaserne.
• 21 September 1972: Moved to Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne at Darmstadt, Germany.
• 16 April 1980: Reassigned to V Corps as part of the 22nd Signal Brigade
• 2008: Deactivated at Darmstadt, Germany.

Campaign participation credit

• Papua New Guinea
• Leyte
• Luzon

• Chinese Communist Force Intervention
• First UN Counteroffensive
• Chinese Communist Force Spring Offensive
• Korea, Summer 1953
• Southwest Asia 2002–2004 & 2005–2006

• UN Defensive
• UN Offensive

  Decorations

• Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered: "KOREA"
• Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer embroidered: "PACIFIC THEATER"
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered: "KOREA"
• Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered: "17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945"
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: Streamer embroidered, "KOREA 1950"
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: Streamer embroidered, "KOREA 1950–1953"
• Army Superior Unit Award

• Presidential Unit Citation : Streamer embroidered, "PAPUA"