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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011

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343d TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT

 

       Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3343d Quartermaster Service Detachment

        Activated 18 February 1945 in New Guinea

        Redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3343d Quartermaster Driver Detachment

        Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea

        Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3343d Transportation Corps Driver Detachment

        Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 343d Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve

        Activated 1 March 1963 at Waco, Texas

        Location changed 29 December 1967 to Houston, Texas

        Inactivated 15 March 1972 at Houston, Texas

        Activated 16 April 1980 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota

        Location changed 1 August 1990 to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

        Ordered into active military service 27 August 1990 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; released from active military service 21 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

        Location changed 1 May 2002 to Belleville, Illinois

        Ordered into active military service 8 June 2011 at Belleville, Illinois

 

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

 

DECORATIONS

None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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