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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