Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2014
915th Transportation Company
- Constituted 30 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 363d Quartermaster Battalion
- Activated 8 August 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1943 as the 693d Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 15 May 1946 in Japan
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 693d Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 16 April 1947 as the 915th Transportation Corps Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 1 May 1947 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Redesignated 13 October 1947 as the 915th Transportation Truck Company
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 17 November 1950 at Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Redesignated 16 April 1959 as the 915th Transportation Company
- Activated 1 May 1959 at Hammond, Indiana
- Location changed 1 November 1960 to East Chicago, Indiana; on 31 January 1968 to Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Ordered into active military service 27 September 1990 at Council Bluffs, Iowa; released from active military service 28 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 June 2004 at Council Bluffs, Iowa; released from active military service 3 December 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Activated 16 September 2012 at Hiller, Pennsylvania
- Location changed 15 December 2013 to Smithfield, Pennsylvania
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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