271st Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 June 2008
271st Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3374th Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippines
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3374th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 10 October 1945 in the Philippines
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3374th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 23 April 1965 as the 271st Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 27 April 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 4 June 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany
Inactivated 1 May 1986 in Germany
Activated 1 August 1991 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Inactivated 28 February 1992 in Saudi Arabia
Activated 17 May 2008 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
271st Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte
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
Soutwest Asia: Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945