Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 Jan 2020
251st Transportation Company
- Constituted 17 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 792d Quartermaster Company
- Activated 25 February 1942 at Boise, Idaho
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 January 1943 as the 1980th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
- Inactivated 6 January 1946 at Fort Lawton, Washington
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 1980th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 19 April 1948 as the 251st Transportation Truck Company; concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 29 September 1948 at Kenton, Ohio
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 June 1953 as the 251st Transportation Company
- Location changed 17 September 2002 to Saginaw, Michigan
- Ordered into active military service 15 December 2003 at Saginaw, Michigan; released from active military service 11 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 October 2005 at Saginaw, Michigan
- Activated 16 September 2013 at Elwood, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 29 September 2016 at Elwood, Illinois; released from active military service 31 August 2017 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Tunisia
- Sicily
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- China Offensive
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History