Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011
454th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 1 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 454th Amphibian Truck Company, Transportation Corps, and activated at Charleston, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 January 1946 in the Ryukyu Islands
Allotted 26 February 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 11 March 1947 at Dayton, Ohio
Redesignated 13 October 1947 as the 454th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 3 April 1950 to St. Marys, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 454th Transportation Company
Inactivated 4 April 1963 at St. Marys, Ohio
Activated 16 September 1997 at Blacklick, Ohio
Location changed 1 June 1999 to Columbus, Ohio
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Columbus, Ohio; released from active military service 15 April 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 10 July 2006 at Columbus, Ohio; released from active military service 5 January 2008 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Western Pacific (with arrowhead)
Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
National Resolution
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered PELELIU
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History