Constituted 15 January 1951 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 453d Transportation Harbor Craft and Marine Maintenance Battalion and activated at St. Petersburg, Florida

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as the 231st Transportation Company

Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at St. Petersburg, Florida; released from active military service 13 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

Ordered into active military service 13 May 1968 at St. Petersburg, Florida; released from active military service 30 August 1969 and reverted to reserve status

Location changed 16 January 1998 to Tampa, Florida

Inactivated 15 June 2000 at Tampa, Florida

Activated 16 September 2010 at Athens, Georgia

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            Vietnam
                                                            Counteroffensive, Phase V
                                                            Counteroffensive, Phase VI
                                                            Tet 69/Counteroffensive
                                                            Summer-Fall 1969

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: