At the 2004 reunion, the 278th was issued a citation in honor of their service by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Click on the small image below to view the citation.
Below is a list of Awards and Decorations accorded to soldiers of the 278th, and a list of those killed in the line of duty.
| Deaths | |
| Pfc. Thomas C. Moore | 8 Sept. 1944 |
| Pvt. Harry C. Rathvan | 24 Nov. 1944 |
| Pvt. Samuel Shore | 26 Dec. 1944 |
| Legion of Merit | |
| T/4 Treva S. Granger | |
| Silver Star | |
| Maj. Jeff G. Ray | 1st. Lt. Leland B. Whiting |
| Soldiers Medal | |
| T/4 Floyd J. Tritt | Pfc. Lance H. Wiley |
| Bronze Star | |
| Lt. Col. Varley H. Taylor | T/4 Thomas W. Ball |
| Maj. Jeff G. Ray | T/4 Lee E. Gottschall |
| Maj. Ralph W. Wolverton | T/4 Carl H. Johnson |
| Capt. Donald M. Diefendorf | T/4 John Len |
| Capt. William E. Moore Jr. | T/4 John W. Martin |
| Capt. Joe M. Kraft | T/4 Dan R. McClary |
| Capt. John R. Van Arsdale | T/4 Thomas W. Summers |
| Capt. Earnest E. Keusch | T/4 Morris W. Thompson |
| Capt. Roy E. Shedd | T/4 Floyd J. Tritt |
| 1st.Lt. Floyd T. Henrikson | Cpl. Clinton J. Asbury Jr. |
| 1st.Lt. Spencer A. Zogg | Cpl. Joseph J. Costa |
| 1st.Lt. Henry Podbielski | Cpl. Thomas A. Javorski |
| 1st.Lt. James F. Anzalone | Cpl. Edwin Kabler |
| 1st.Lt. Mark H. Brown | Cpl. Carl R. Lloyd |
| 1st.Lt. James W. Currance | Cpl. George M. Startzell |
| 1st.Lt. John T. Cronau | T/5 Norman T. Backhaus |
| CWO George J. Varty | T/5 Charles A. Bivens |
| M/Sgt. Mervin E. Smith | T/5 Benjamin M. Gabrys |
| M/Sgt. Stephen Falat | T/5 Michael O'Stafy |
| 1st.Sgt. Frank J. Mushinski | T/3 Gerald G. Scheidemantle |
| S/Sgt. Charles J. Cawley III | Pfc. Carl Anderson |
| S/Sgt. James D. David | Pfc. William F. Bell |
| S/Sgt. Willard G. Field | Pfc. Alvin Gentry |
| S/Sgt. Andrew Kopriva | Pfc. Hughie E. McKnight Jr. |
| S/Sgt. Henry W. Porter | Pfc. Merdith C. Shyrock |
| S/Sgt. William J. Weber | Pfc. Harvey J. Sullivan |
| S/Sgt. Joseph E. Wilson | Pfc. Mack O. Thurston |
| Sgt. John B. Cannon | |
| Sgt. Thomas E. Taylor | |
| Air Medal | |
| 1st. Lt. Leland B. Whiting | Major Jeff G. Ray |
| 1st. Lt. William R. Tarsney | 1st. Lt. James F. Anzalone |
| 1st. Lt. Floyd T. Henrikson | 1st. Lt. Charles E. Gilbert |
| 1st. Lt. Henry Podbielski | |
| Purple Heart | |
| 1st. Lt. James F. Anzalone | Pvt. Thomas E. Foley |
| S/Sgt. Robert C. Melius | Pvt. Samuel L. Herman |
| T/4 Carmon D. Bish | Pvt. Harry C. Rathvan |
| Cpl. Ross A. Thompson | Pvt. Hufford Rife |
| T/5 Lawrence B. Kitts | Pfc. Harvey J. Sullivan |
| T/5 Martin E. Stumbroski | Pfc. John Verbosh |
| Pvt. Henry J. Bernas | |
| Croix De Guerre | |
| Lt. Col. Varley H. Taylor | 1st.Lt. Earl W. Eli |