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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Transportation Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 February 2008

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Transportation Battalion Lineage

Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Regiment

Activated 25 January 1942 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile

Inactivated 7 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion

Redesignated 11 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Transportation Battalion

Activated 3 August 1954 at Camp Gordon, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Transportation Battalion

Inactivated 10 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Activated 17 February 1986 in Germany

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
39th Transportation Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: India-Burma; Central Burma

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

Decorations

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

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1987

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2002

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971


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