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Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2016

119th Transportation Company

  • Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 503d Port Battalion
  • Activated 26 April 1943 at Camp Stoneman, California
  • Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1943 as the 275th Port Company
  • Inactivated 15 February 1946 in the Philippine Islands
  • Redesignated 15 November 1948 as the 119th Transportation Port Company and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 7 December 1948 at Fort Lawton, Washington
  • Redesignated 11 June 1953 as the 119th Transportation Company
  • Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam
  • Activated 21 December 1972 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Leyte
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • 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
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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