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Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 March 2016

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 242d Ordnance Battalion

  • Constituted 10 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Ordnance Battalion
  • Activated 25 June 1943 at the Ordnance Unit Training Center, Flora, Mississippi
  • Inactivated 27 June 1946 in Germany
  • Redesignated 29 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Maintenance Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 25 February 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Inactivated 25 August 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Activated 21 March 1973 in Germany
  • Inactivated 30 June 1973 in Germany
  • Redesignated 16 June 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 242d Ordnance Battalion, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR AND PARWAN PROVINCES 2013-2014
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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