Headquarters and Headquarters Company 561st Support Group

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
561st Support Group

Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 November 2000

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
561st Support Group Lineage

Constituted 19 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 561st Quartermaster Group

Activated 31 December 1944 in France

Inactivated 13 February 1946 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Activated 1 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands

Inactivated 5 December 1948 on Okinawa

Redesignated 24 November 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 561st Direct Support Group, and allotted to the Army Reserve

Activated 31 January 1968 at Omaha, Nebraska

Reorganized and redesignated 26 March 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 561st Support Group

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
561st Support Group Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

None