Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
346th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
346th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 13 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 587th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Activated 29 July 1944 in England
Inactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 587th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 27 January 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 346th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 12 February 1948 at San Juan, Puerto Rico
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 346th Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 346th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 26 November 1954 at San Juan, Puerto Rico
Activated 18 March 1956 at San Juan, Puerto Rico
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 346th Transportation Battalion
Location changed 1 November 1969 to Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico; on 17 March 1974 to Bayamon, Puerto Rico; on 30 January 1994 to
Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Ordered into active military service 7 February 2003 at Ceiba, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 6 February
2004 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
346th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland, Central Europe
Decorations
None