340th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 December 2009
340th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3340th Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 28 January 1945 in New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3340th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3340th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 340th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 1 March 1963 at Galveston, Texas
Location changed 29 December 1967 to Beaumont, Texas
Inactivated 15 March 1972 at Beaumont, Texas
Activated 16 April 1980 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Location changed 1 September 1981 to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
Ordered into active military service 20 September 1990 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; released from active military service 3 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 30 December 1993 to Los Angeles, California; later to Sherman Oaks, California; and on 1 August 2002 to Camp Pendleton, California
Ordered into active military service 3 January 2004 at Camp Pendleton, California; released from active military service 30 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
340th Transportation Detachment Honors
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) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004