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Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015

163d Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 28 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Transportation Corps Boat Detachment
  • Activated 4 December 1944 at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida
  • Inactivated 31 January 1946 at Fort Mason, California
  • Redesignated 24 July 1957 as the 163d Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 5 August 1957 at Camp Leroy Johnson, Louisiana
  • Inactivated 15 June 1970 at Sattahip, Thailand
  • Activated 10 December 1990 at Ford Island, Hawaii

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Air Offensive, Japan
  • War on Terrorism
  • Global War on Terrorism

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2009-2010

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History


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