259th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 December 2002
259th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3346th Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 28 January 1945 in New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3346th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3346th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 15 March 1965 as the 259th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 26 March 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Hood, Texas
259th Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II (Asiatic-Pacific Theater): Silver Band without campaign inscription
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997