Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
423d TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 631st Motor Transport Company
- Activated 18 October 1922 at Detroit, Michigan
- Redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company K, 3d Battalion, 476th Quartermaster Regiment
- Location changed 28 July 1937 to Lansing, Michigan; on 12 April 1939 to Detroit, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company K, 3d Battalion, 476th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Ordered into active military service 31 March 1943 at Detroit, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 November 1943 as the 3810th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3810th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 6 December 1946 as the 423d Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Activated 23 December 1946 at Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 423d Transportation Truck Company
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1953 as the 423d Transportation Company
- Inactivated 31 August 1959 at Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Activated 16 October 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Ordered into active military service 27 January 2003 at Fort Carson, Colorado; released from active military service 25 January 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 16 January-13 February 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado; released from active military service 14 July-11 August 2007 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 April 2012 to Colorado Springs, Colorado
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 EUROPEAN THEATER
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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