59th Quartermaster Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 July 2007
59th Quartermaster Company Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company B, 240th Quartermaster Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1944 as the 3251st Quartermaster Service Company
Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 15 November 1946 as Headquarters, 3251st Quartermaster Company
Activated 10 December 1946 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1947 as Headquarters, 59th Quartermaster Service Company
Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea
Redesignated 11 September 1950 as the 59th Quartermaster Reclamation and Maintenance Company
Activated 19 September 1950 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 5 October 1953 as the 59th Quartermaster Company
Inactivated 10 December 1957 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Activated 15 August 1959 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 12 December 1960 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Activated 3 May 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1966 as the 59th Service Company
Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam
Redesignated 15 August 1995 as the 59th Quartermaster Company
Activated 16 June 1999 at Fort Carson, Colorado
59th Quartermaster Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
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
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005