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98th Transportation Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009

98th Transportation Detachment Lineage

Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Regular Army as the 274th Ordnance Service Detachment

Activated 23 December 1944 in the Azores Islands

Redesignated 19 April 1945 as the 274th Ordnance Maintenance Detachment

Inactivated 28 June 1946 in the Azores Islands

Redesignated 18 December 1946 as the 98th Ordnance Ammunition Supply Detachment

Activated 20 March 1947 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

Inactivated 15 October 1948 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 98th Ordnance Army Aircraft Repair Detachment

Activated 1 February 1952 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1952 as the 98th Transportation Army Aircraft Repair Team

Redesignated 16 October 1954 as the 98th Transportation Detachment

Inactivated 25 September 1956 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Activated 15 June 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam

Assigned 1 September 1969 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated in Vietnam

Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division

Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany

Inactivated 1 June 1993 in Germany

Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

98th Transportation Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG XOAI

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM - III CORPS AREA

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1964

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970

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

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970


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