Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2013
709th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company A, 476th Quartermaster Regiment
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company A, 476th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Ordered into active military service 31 March 1943 and organized at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 November 1943 as the 3801st Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3801st Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Activated 1 November 1946 at Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 3801st Transportation Truck Company
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 3 June 1948 as the 709th Transportation Truck Company
- Location changed 19 July 1949 to Salida, Colorado
- Inactivated 15 April 1952 at Salida, Colorado
- Redesignated 1 August 1952 as the 709th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
- Activated 18 August 1952 at Salt Lake City, Utah
- Inactivated 1 October 1952 at Salt Lake City, Utah
- Redesignated 28 January 1964 as the 709th Transportation Company Activated 1 March 1964 at Salt Lake City, Utah
- Inactivated 31 July 1976 at Salt Lake City, Utah
- Activated 16 September 2007 at Tacoma, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History