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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 May 2016

138th Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 25 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 138th Hospital Train Maintenance Platoon, Transportation Corps
  • Activated 1 March 1944 at Camp Millard, Ohio
  • Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 138th Transportation Crops Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment
  • Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Bonn, Germany
  • Redesignated 3 July 1953 as the 138th Transportation Cargo Helicopter Field Maintenance Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 15 July 1953 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Redesignated 24 November 1953 as the 138th Transportation Detachment
  • Inactivated 1 July 1955 at Vaihingen, Germany
  • Activated 22 August 1956 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Inactivated 26 October 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Activated 1 February 1965 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • Inactivated 1 January 1967 at Danang, Vietnam
  • Activated 25 August 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Inactivated 25 June 1971 at Sattahip, Thailand
  • Activated 16 October 2001 at Yongsan, Korea

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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