47th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 April 2008
47th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company M, 3d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company M, 3d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 3532d Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 30 April 1946 in the Philippines
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3532d Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 47th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Activated 14 April 1947 at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1949 as the 47th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
Reorganized and redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 47th Transportation Company
Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
Activated 16 December 1957 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
Inactivated 11 September 1961 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
Activated 15 May 1962 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 15 February 1963 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 1 October 1964 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 22 June 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 April 2008 at Fort Bliss, Texas
47th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: East Indies; Papua; New Guinea
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953