501st Support Battalion
(The Providers)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 February 2007
501st Support Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army as the Supply Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Activated 3 January 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Disbanded 20 July 1944 in Italy
Reconstituted 27 February 1951 in the Regular Army as the 1st Quartermaster Battalion and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1953 as the 1st Armored Quartermaster Battalion
Redesignated 15 February 1957 as the 1st Quartermaster Battalion
Inactivated (less Company A) 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Converted and redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 501st Supply and Transport Battalion and activated (less Company A) at Fort Hood, Texas (Company A, 1st Quartermaster Battalion, concurrently redesignated as Company A, 501st Supply and Transport Battalion)
Inactivated 15 December 1984 in Germany
Redesignated 1 May 1987 as the 501st Support Battalion and activated in Germany
501st Support Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Company B additionally entitled to:
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for IRAQ 2004
Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996