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