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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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