494th Support Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 January 2009
494th Support Battalion Lineage
Constituted 16 September 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 494th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 15 October 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippines
Allotted 16 April 1959 to the Army Reserve
Activated 1 May 1959 at Evansville, Indiana
Location changed 31 January 1963 to Indianapolis, Indiana
Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Indianapolis, Indiana
Redesignated 7 June 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 494th Support Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Activated 16 September 2008 at Seattle, Washington
494th Support Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 14 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945