Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
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