Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
320th Ordnance Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 April 2006
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
320th Ordnance Battalion Lineage
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 320th Ordnance Battalion
Activated 24 June 1943 at Camp Hood, Texas
Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Allotted 18 January 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 31 January 1947 at Omaha, Nebraska
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Location changed 11 October 1948 to Grand Island, Nebraska
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Grand Island, Nebraska; released from active military service 9 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Grand Island, Nebraska
Activated 16 October 2000 at Lincoln, Nebraska
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
320th Ordnance Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe
Decorations
None