Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
268th Transportation Company
- Constituted 16 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 4608th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Activated 20 August 1945 in the Philippines
- Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippines
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 4608th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 27 January 1948 as the 268th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 12 February 1948 at San Juan, Puerto Rico
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1953 as the 268th Transportation Company
- Location changed 1 November 1969 to Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico; on 17 March 1974 to Bayamon, Puerto Rico; on 16 March 1997 to Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
- Element ordered into active military service 15 May 2004 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 10 November 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 2 January 2008 and 17 April 2008 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 4 February 2009 and 21 May 2009 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 20 October 2012 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 23 November 2013 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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