Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
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