196th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 November 2002
196th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 22 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 103d Port Marine Maintenance Company, Transportation Corps
Activated 9 March 1944 in England
Inactivated 31 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 19 March 1948 as the 196th Transportation Port Company; concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserves
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 31 March 1948 at Youngstown, Ohio
Location changed 28 October 1950 to Ashtabula, Ohio
Reorganized and redesignated 18 February 1955 as the 196th Transportation Company
Location changed 24 April 1959 to Cleveland, Ohio
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Cleveland, Ohio; released 12 August 1962 from active military service and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 31 March 1979 at Cleveland, Ohio
Activated 16 September 1995 at Kissimmee, Florida
196th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Northern France
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER