Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 June 2010
257th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 31 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company I, 3d Battalion, 516th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 12 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi
Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1943 as the 3929th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3929th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 13 February 1948 as the 257th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 10 March 1948 at Billings, Montana
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 28 July 1949 at Billings, Montana
Redesignated 16 May 1982 as the 257th Transportation Company and activated at Las Vegas, Nevada
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Las Vegas, Nevada; released from active military service 28 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Las Vegas, Nevada; released from active military service 3 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 29 January 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada; released from active military service 3 March 2009 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
Central Europe
Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History