Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
356th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 675th Motor Transport Company
Organized in December 1929 at Salisbury, Maryland
Redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company H, 2d Battalion, 473d Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company H, 2d Battalion, 473d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Ordered into active military service 2 April 1943 and reorganized at Camp Young, California
Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 3748th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippines
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3748th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 9 May 1947 as the 356th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 26 May 1947 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 15 December 1950 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
Redesignated 17 March 1959 as the 356th Transportation Company
Activated 1 April 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Location changed 5 May 1960 to Norman, Oklahoma
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Norman, Oklahoma; released from active military service 13 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 16 October 1980 at Norman, Oklahoma
Activated 16 September 2011 at Las Cruces, New Mexico
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History