Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 March 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 242d Ordnance Battalion
- Constituted 10 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Ordnance Battalion
- Activated 25 June 1943 at the Ordnance Unit Training Center, Flora, Mississippi
- Inactivated 27 June 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 29 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Maintenance Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 25 February 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 25 August 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 21 March 1973 in Germany
- Inactivated 30 June 1973 in Germany
- Redesignated 16 June 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Ordnance Battalion, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR AND PARWAN PROVINCES 2013-2014
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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