Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
414th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 888th Motor Transport Company
- Converted and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company D, 1st Battalion, 513th Quartermaster Regiment
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company D, 1st Battalion, 513th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- (513th Quartermaster Truck Regiment ordered into active military service 31 March 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan)
- Organized 1 April 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1943 as the 3884th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 27 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3884th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 15 July 1947 as the 414th Transportation Truck Company
- Activated 1 August 1947 at Greenville, South Carolina
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 1 March 1950 to Florence, South Carolina
- Inactivated 1 September 1951 at Florence, South Carolina
- Redesignated 4 November 1952 as the 414th Transportation Base Depot Company
- Activated 1 December 1952 at Florence, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 January 1953 as the 414th Transportation Company
Inactivated 29 July 1955 at Florence, South Carolina
- Activated 15 June 1959 at Greenville, South Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Greenville, South Carolina; released from active military service 11 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 29 February 1964 at Greenville, South Carolina
- Activated 16 September 1991 at Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 21 February 2005 at Orangeburg, South Carolina; released from active military service 19 August 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 9 March 2012 at Orangeburg, South arolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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