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


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