Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
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