Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
814th Transportation Battalion
- Constituted 31 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 517th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Activated 7 December 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
- Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
- Redesignated 23 September 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 814th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 2 October 1948 at Athens, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 814th Transportation Truck Battalion
- Inactivated 30 June 1952 at Athens, Georgia
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 17 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 814th Transportation Battalion
- Activated 1 June 1959 at Albemarle, North Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Albemarle, North Carolina; released from active military service 11 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 1 March 1964 to Miami, Florida
- Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Miami, Florida
- Activated 16 September 2015 at Boise, Idaho
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHINA 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History