Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012
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- Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company A, 394th Quartermaster Battalion
- Activated 27 June 1941 at Oakland California
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1942 as Company A, 394th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 October 1943 as the 608th Port Company
- Redesignated 25 July 1947 as the 608th Transportation Port Company
- Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
- Redesignated 1 March 1956 as the 608th Transportation Company
- Activated 14 March 1956 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 20 May 1957 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Activated 1 August 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 20 March 1978 as Company A, 394th Transportation Battalion, and activated in Germany
- Inactivated 16 November 1987 in Germany
Redesignated 6 January 2006 as the 608th Transportation Company
- Redesignated 7 June 2007 as the 688th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 16 March 2008 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- East Indies
- Papua
- New Guinea
- Leyte
- Southern Philippines
- Vietnam
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2010
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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