Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Transportation Battalion
(Leaders)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 February 2003
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 24th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 10 March 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 24th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Battalion broken up 1 February 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile (Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3361st, 3362d, 3363d, and 3364th Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, inactivated 24 May 1946 in France
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 19 February 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Transportation Truck Battalion
Activated 20 March 1948 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 24th Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 24th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 25 December 1957 in Germany
Redesignated 1 June 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 24th Transportation Battalion
Activated 24 June 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Redesignated 17 July 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 24th Transportation Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA