Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
21st TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
(CARGO DOGS)
Constituted in 1926 in the Regular Army as the 13th Motorcycle Company
Redesignated 1 May 1936 as Company A, 72d Separate Quartermaster Battalion
Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 21st Quartermaster Company, Car
Redesignated 1 November 1940 as the 21st Quartermaster Company
Activated 12 June 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Redesignated 7 June 1944 as the 21st Quartermaster Car Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 21st Transportation Corps Car Company
Redesignated 21 July 1947 as the 21st Transportation Car Company
Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 21st Transportation Company
Inactivated 15 June 1998 in Korea
Activated 16 June 2001 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rome-Arno
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History