Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 Oct 2020
481st Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 24 September 1965 in the Regular Army as the 481st Transportation Detachment
- Activated 5 October 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 15 September 1982 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Withdrawn 2 May 2005 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 September 2007 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Ordered into active military service 20 May 2010 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma; released from active military service 23 June 2011 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 January 2014 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma; released from active military service 6 February 2015 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 9 April 2020 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History