Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 493d Port Battalion, Transportation Corps

        Activated 25 February 1943 at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana

        Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1943 as the 236th Port Company

        Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippines

        Redesignated 27 December 1948 as the 236th Transportation Port Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

        Activated 1 February 1949 at Des Moines, Iowa

        (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

        Inactivated 14 September 1954 at Des Moines, Iowa

        Redesignated 13 July 1956 as the 236th Transportation Company and activated at Port Huron, Michigan

        Location changed 1 November 1963 to Marine City, Michigan; on 15 March 1977 to Selfridge, Michigan

        Inactivated 16 July 1979 at Selfridge, Michigan

        Activated 16 September 2008 at Bay City, Michigan

        Location changed 16 February 2009 to Decatur, Illinois

        Ordered into active military service 20 April 2011 at Decatur, Illinois

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        New Guinea
                                                        Luzon

 

DECORATIONS

        Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: