544th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 December 2004
544th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 31 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as Class A, Boat Crew, 70th Harbor Craft Company, Transportation Corps
Activated 5 April 1944 at Wilmington, California
Reorganized and redesignated 4 February 1945 as the 165th Transportation Corps Boat Detachment
Redesignated 3 April 1945 as the 165th Transportation Corps Boat Crew
Inactivated 16 March 1946 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Redesignated 17 November 1950 as the 544th Transportation Harbor Craft Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 24 November 1950 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Inactivated 20 March 1954 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Redesignated 11 May 1955 as the 544th Transportation Detachment
Activated 27 May 1955 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 15 July 1955 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Activated 27 May 1956 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 22 November 1970 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 17 September 1992 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Activated 16 July 2004 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
544th Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - AP: Air Offensive, Japan; Western Pacific
Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHUONG THIEN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for CHUONG THIEN PROVINCE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991