359th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2007
359th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company A, 471st Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company A, 471st Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 5 December 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 14 December 1943 as the 3701st Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 15 June 1946 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3701st Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 6 December 1946 as the 359th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Activated 17 December 1946 at Wilmington, Delaware
Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 359th Transportation Truck Company
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 6 September 1950 at Wilmington, Delaware
Redesignated 23 March 1966 as the 359th Transportation Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the
Regular Army
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 May 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 October 2007 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
359th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 AND 1969-1971