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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2014

139th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT

  • Constituted 25 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 139th Hospital Train Maintenance Platoon, Transportation Corps
  • Activated 1 March 1944 at Camp Millard, Ohio
  • Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 139th Transportation Corps Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment
  • Inactivated 25 November 1945 in Germany
  • Redesignated 17 April 1959 as the 139th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve
  • Activated 1 June 1959 at Tupelo, Mississippi
  • Location changed 10 April 1960 to Atlanta, Georgia; on 19 April 1971 to East Point, Georgia
  • Inactivated 15 March 1972 at East Point, Georgia
  • Activated 16 April 1980 at Jamaica, New York
  • Location changed in 1990 to Fort Totten, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 27 August 1990 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 18 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 10 June 1996 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 28 February 1997 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 21 February 2003 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 9 August 2004 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 3 January 2014 at Fort Totten, New York

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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