Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
812th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 January 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
812th Transportation Battalion
Constituted 29 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Activated 29 October 1944 in Italy
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 12 August 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 14 September 1948 at Charlotte, North Carolina
Redesignated 27 July 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Redesignated 5 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Battalion
Redesignated 19 January 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Battalion
Ordered into active military service 11 December 2003 at Charlotte, North Carolina; released from active military service 7 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
812th Transportation Battalion
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None