Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
28th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 February 1997
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
28th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 10 February 1936 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 28th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 28th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Battalion broken up 5 December 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3421st, 3422d, 3423d, and 3424th Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 23 December 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Truck Battalion
Activated 20 January 1949 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Transportation Battalion
Redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
28th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland
Decorations
None