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Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 February 2015

258th Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3335th Quartermaster Service Detachment
  • Activated 12 December 1944 on Leyte, Philippines
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 3335th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
  • Inactivated 10 October 1945 on Mindanao, Philippines
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3335th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
  • Redesignated 15 March 1965 as the 258th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 26 March 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 19 April 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Activated 1 July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Inactivated 1 January 1967 at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
  • Activated 25 August 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Inactivated 15 June 1970 at Korat, Thailand
  • Activated 16 June 2000 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DAK TO
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Richard W. Stewart, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History


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