Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
181st Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 June 2002
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
181st Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 520th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 25 June 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 181st Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 25 June 1946 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 181st Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 3 December 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 181st Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 28 January 1955 in Germany
Redesignated 20 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 181st Transportation Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
181st Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996