Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2013
339th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3339th Quartermaster Service Detachment
- Activated 28 January 1945 in New Guinea
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3339th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
- Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3339th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
- Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 339th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 15 February 1963 at Lexington, Nebraska
- Inactivated 15 March 1972 at Lexington, Nebraska
- Activated 16 May 1983 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 20 September 1990 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; released 28 May 1991 from active military service and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 September 1993 to Manhattan, Kansas
- Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Manhattan, Kansas; released from active military service 12 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 28 January 2011 at Manhattan, Kansas; released from active military service 2 March 2012 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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