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Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2010

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276th MAINTENANCE COMPANY

 

Constituted 20 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 276th Ordnance Company

Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Flora, Mississippi, as the 276th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company

Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1943 as the 276th Ordnance Maintenance Company, Antiaircraft

Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Redesignated 16 September 1948 as the 276th Ordnance Base Small Arms Maintenance Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 24 September 1948 at Hartford, Connecticut

Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Hartford, Connecticut

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 16 November 1980 as the 276th Maintenance Company and activated at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico

Ordered into active military service 11 October 1990 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 28 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Ordered into active military service 10 January 2004 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 29 March 2006 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Normandy
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Ardennes-Alsace

                                                        Southwest Asia
                                                        Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                        Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                        Cease-Fire

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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