Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
551st Transportation Company
- Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company H, 48th Quartermaster Regiment
- Activated 20 October 1939 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 13 January 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Activated 25 February 1942 at Camp Davis, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company H, 48th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 3528th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3528th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 551st Transportation Truck Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 8 April 1954 as the 551st Transportation Company
- Inactivated 10 May 1955 in Korea
- Activated 1 June 1957 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany
- Activated 25 May 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam
- Activated 19 December 1972 at Fort Story, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- East Indies
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- Southern Philippines
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- 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
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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