Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
126th Transportation Company
- Constituted 10 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company G, 466th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Activated 10 December 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 December 1943 as the 3607th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Disbanded 14 March 1945 in Italy
- Reconstituted, converted and redesignated 1 March 1949 as the 126th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 8 July 1949 at Manchester, New Hampshire
- Inactivated 13 September 1949 at Manchester, New Hampshire
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 21 January 1955 as the 126th Transportation Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 10 March 1955 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History
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