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46th Support Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 August 2002

46th Support Battalion Lineage

Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Regiment

Activated 1 April 1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Battalion broken up 19 December 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile

(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3481st, 3482d, 3483d, and 3484th Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively - hereafter separate lineages)

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, inactivated 1 January 1946 in Italy

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion

Redesignated 11 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Compay, 46th Transportation Battalion

Activated 23 July 1954 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Inactivated 15 March 1956 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Redesignated 19 April 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Transportation Battalion

Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Inactivated 25 November 1968 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Redesignated 17 April 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 46th Support Battalion, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Drum, New York (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Inactivated 15 November 1993 at Fort Drum, New York

Activated 16 December 1995 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

46th Support Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno

Decorations

None


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