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Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011

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526th SUPPORT BATTALION

 

 Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion

Activated 25 August 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile

Inactivated 30 September 1946 in Germany

Converted and redesignated 1 October 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion

Redesignated 20 November 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 22 December 1950 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Transportation Amphibious Truck Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Transportation Battalion

Inactivated 27 June 1955 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Redesignated 3 May 1960 as the 5th Transportation Battalion

Activated 10 May 1960 on Okinawa

Inactivated 25 June 1963 on Okinawa

Redesignated 1 July 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Transportation Battalion, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated in Vietnam (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Inactivated 18 September 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Converted and redesignated 16 April 1994 as the 526th Support Battalion, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as an element of the 101st Airborne Division

Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                World War II                                    
                                                Northern France               
                                                Rhineland                
                                                Ardennes-Alsace                              
                                                Central Europe
                                               
                                                Vietnam                                                   
                                                Counteroffensive, Phase V               
                                                Counteroffensive, Phase VI
                                                Tet 69/Counteroffensive
                                                Summer-Fall 1969
                                                Winter-Spring 1970
                                                Sanctuary Counteroffensive
                                                Counteroffensive, Phase VII
                                                Consolidation I
                                                Consolidation II

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                      Iraq:
                                                Iraqi Governance
                                                National Resolution

                                                (Additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM
1969-1970

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

Company D additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD OCT 2007-NOV 2008

Company E additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD OCT 2007-NOV 2008

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
OCT 2005-SEP 2006

Company G additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
NOV 2007-NOV 2008

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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