589th Support Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 February 2007
589th Support Battalion Lineage
Constituted 29 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, and activated in England
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 February 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion
Inactivated 20 June 1948 in France
Redesignated 5 October 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 425th Quartermaster Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 19 October 1948 at Tampa, Florida
Inactivated 1 December 1950 at Tampa, Florida
Redesignated 15 January 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 31 January 1952 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 10 December 1957 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Redesignated 10 May 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 589th Supply and Service Battalion
Activated 15 August 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 20 December 1968 at Fort Hood, Texas
Redesignated 6 July 2004 as the 589th Support Battalion
Activated 16 December 2004 at Fort Hood, Texas
589th Support Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None