40th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 January 2003
40th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 49th Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 49th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1943 as the 3542d Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 20 April 1946 in Italy
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3542d Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 40th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Activated 14 April 1947 at Fort Lawton, Washington
Redesignated 18 August 1947 as the 40th Transportation Truck Company
Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 40th Transportation Company
Converted and redesignated 1 September 1965 as Company B, 97th Quartermaster Battalion
Converted and redesignated 23 September 1974 as the 40th Transportation Company
40th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-EAME: Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER