58th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 July 2004
58th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 27th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 25 July 1942 at Camp Rucker, Alabama, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 27th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 58th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 1 October 1945 in Italy
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 58th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 15 November 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 58th Transportation Battalion, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 29 April 1972 at Oakland Army Air Base, California
Headquarters transferred 15 July 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
58th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; North Apennines
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; 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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1972
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1971