Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion

        Activated 26 August 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
               
        Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile

        Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion

        Redesignated 22 April 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Truck Battalion

        Inactivated 19 January 1949 in Germany

        Redesignated 16 July 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army

        Activated 15 August 1952 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

        Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Battalion

        Inactivated 14 June 1972 at Oakland Army Base, California

        Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
                                       

                                                        World War II
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Central Europe
                                       
                                                        Vietnam
                                                        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

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

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Global War on Terrorism

DECORATIONS

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

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

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

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

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