Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
319th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 10 March 1922 in the Organized Reserves as Motor Transport Company No. 593
Organized about November 1922 in New York, New York
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 593d Motor Transport Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Ordered into active military service 15 February 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3729th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3729th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 319th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 1 June 1947 at Albany, Georgia
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 1 April 1950 at Albany, Georgia
Activated 1 January 1951 at Savannah, Georgia
Inactivated 1 February 1952 at Savannah, Georgia
Redesignated 18 July 1955 as the 319th Transportation Company
Activated 29 July 1955 at Macon, Georgia
Location changed 1 February 1957 to Cartersville, Georgia
Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Cartersville, Georgia
Activated 1 June 1959 at Fort Valley, Georgia
Location changed 1 November 1959 to Albany, Georgia
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Albany, Georgia; released from active military service 12 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 31 December 1965 to Augusta, Georgia
Ordered into active military service 13 May 1968 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 19 August 1969 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 2 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Element ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Augusta, Georgia; remainder of company ordered into active military service 16 January 2003 at Augusta, Georgia
Element released from active military service 31 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status; remainder of company released from active military service 15 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 30 March 2010 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 3 May 2011 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JAN-JUN 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JUL-DEC 1944
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History