Headquarters and Headquarters Company
240th Quartermaster Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 October 1996
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
240th Quartermaster Battalion Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as the 240th Quartermaster Service Battalion
Battalion broken up 15 February 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3250th, 3251st, 3252d, and 3253d Quartermaster Service Companies - hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, inactivated 22 November 1945 in France
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
240th Quartermaster Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet/69 Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1986