Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 April 2012
425th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 15 October 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 623d Motor Transport Company
- Redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company L, 3d Battalion, 476th Quartermaster Regiment and organized at Detroit, Michigan
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company L, 3d Battalion, 476th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Ordered into active military service 31 March 1943 and organized at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 November 1943 as the 3811th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3811st Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 3 December 1946 as the 425th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Activated 10 January 1947 at Wichita, Kansas
- Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 425th Transportation Truck Company
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 1 December 1950 to Hill City, Kansas; on 1 October 1951 to Norton, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1953 as the 425th Transportation Company
- Location changed 1 November 1956 to Salina, Kansas
- Ordered into active military service 17 January 2003 at Salina, Kansas; released from active military service 20 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 25 June-5 August 2005 at Salina, Kansas; released from active military service 28-31 January 2007 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 16 February 2010 at Salina, Kansas; released from active military service 22 March 2011 and reverted to reserve status
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
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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