Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
97th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 13 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 258th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 15 April 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company A, 258th Quartermaster Service Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 25 October 1943 as the 151st Port Company
Inactivated 31 May 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 5 December 1946 as the 97th Transportation Corps Port Company
Activated 31 December 1946 in the Philippines as a unit in the Philippine Scouts
Redesignated 31 July 1947 as the 97th Transportation Port Company, and remained a unit in the Philippine Scouts
Inactivated 13 June 1949 on Guam, and withdrawn from the Philippine Scouts
Activated 3 December 1949 in Germany
Allotted 1 March 1952 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 97th Transportation Company
Inactivated 15 October 1962 in France
Activated 28 March 1963 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Leyte
Luzon
Vietnam
Defense
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
Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2009-2010
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History