1151st Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 May 2008
1151st Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1933 in the Organized Reserves as Company B, 664th Engineer Battalion
Organized by 1937 in Michigan
Redesignated 21 February 1941 as Company B, 757th Engineer Battalion
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company B, 757th Engineer Railway Shop Battalion
Converted and redesignated 16 November 1942 as Company B, 757th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps
Ordered into active military service 3 June 1943 at the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 23 March 1948 as Company B, 757th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 4 December 1950 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Inactivated 25 October 1951 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Activated 25 August 1952 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Redesignated 1 January 1955 as Company B, 757th Transportation Battalion
Location changed 18 May 1959 to Minneapolis, Minnesota; on 1 January 1961 to Fort Snelling, Minnesota; on 20 November 1962 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reorganized and redesignated 31 January 1968 as the 1151st Transportation Company
Location changed 1 July 1987 to West Allis, Wisconsin; on 16 September 1993 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; on 17 September 2002 to Granite City, Illinois
Elements ordered into active military service 1 December 2002-11 May 2007 for service in the War on Terrorism
Location changed 1 October 2006 to Wilmington, North Carolina
1151st Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER