38th Personnel Services Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 August 1996

38th Personnel Services Battalion Lineage

Constituted 27 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 38th Replacement Battalion

Activated 25 January 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana

Battalion broken up 1 November 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 38th Replacement Battalion

(Companies A, B, and C, as the 176th, 177th, and 178th Replacement Companies, respectively - hereafter separate lineages)

Inactivated 2 July 1946 in Germany

Allotted 14 December 1962 to the Regular Army

Activated 15 December 1962 in Korea

Inactivated 21 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Redesignated 15 January 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 38th Personnel and Administration Battalion, and activated in Germany

Inactivated 15 September 1990 in Germany

Redesignated 16 November 1994 as the 38th Personnel Services Battalion and activated in Germany

38th Personnel Services Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Decorations

None