Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 May 2019
555th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 15 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 786th Base Depot Company, Transportation Corps
- Activated 28 December 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana
- Inactivated 10 November 1945 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
- Redesignated 26 August 1950 as the 555th Transportation Warehouse Detachment
- Activated 14 September 1950 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 15 August 1952 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Redesignated 23 April 1959 as the 555th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 13 May 1959 at San Francisco, California
- Location changed 1 September 1961 to Oakland, California; on 26 December 1962 to Vallejo, California; on 17 February 1966 to Fresno, California
- Inactivated 15 March 1972 at Fresno, California
- Activated 16 September 1993 at Los Angeles, California
- Location changed 1 August 2002 to El Monte, California
- Ordered into active military service 2 February 2003 at El Monte, California; released from active military service 27 April 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 2 July 2006 at El Monte, California; released from active military service 28 December 2007 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 January 2013 at El Monte, California; released from active military service 6 February 2014 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History