Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
498th SUPPORT BATTALION
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 98th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 25 July 1942 at Camp Swift, Texas, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 98th Quartermaster Bakery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 26 September 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 98th Quartermaster Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 98th Quartermaster Service Battalion
Inactivated 25 January 1950 in Japan
Activated 17 October 1950 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 98th Quartermaster Battalion
Inactivated 10 December 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 21 October 1961 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Inactivated 6 July 1962 at Fort Lee, Virginia
Activated 20 June 1963 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 20 July 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 98th Supply and Service Battalion
Inactivated 1 September 1968 in Vietnam
Redesignated 10 January 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 498th Support Battalion, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 15 September 1992 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2003 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 498th Support Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II Vietnam
New Guinea Defense
Luzon Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Korean War Counteroffensive, Phase III
UN Offensive Tet Counteroffensive
CCF Intervention Counteroffensive, Phase IV
First UN Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase V
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive Southwest Asia
Second Korean Winter Defense of Saudi Arabia
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Third Korean Winter Cease-Fire
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1954
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History