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Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011

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238th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

           Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 494th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps

            Activated 25 February 1943 at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation, Louisiana

            Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1943 as the 238th Port Company

            Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

            Redesignated 27 December 1948 as the 238th Transportation Port Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

            Activated 3 January 1949 at Little Rock, Arkansas

            Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Little Rock, Arkansas

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

Released from active military service 15 September 1954 and reverted to reserve status

Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1955 as the 238th Transportation Company

            Location changed 1 April 1959 to Hope, Arkansas; on 1 September 1960 to Magnolia, Arkansas

            Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Magnolia, Arkansas; released from active military service 8 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

            Location changed 25 February 1963 to Monticello, Arkansas; on 29 December 1967 to Camden, Arkansas

            Inactivated 16 May 1980 at Camden, Arkansas

            Activated 16 September 1997 at Enid, Oklahoma

            Ordered into active military service 17 January 2003 at Enid, Oklahoma; released from active military service 10 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status

            Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Enid, Oklahoma

            Activated 16 September 2011 at Vallejo, California

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                      World War II
                                                      Normandy (with arrowhead)
                                                      Northern France

                                                      War on Terrorism
                                                      Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

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

            French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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