427th Transportation Detachment

Constituted 8 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 427th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company
Activated 21 April 1943 at Camp Young, California
Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1945 as the 427th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 427th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 22 April 1949 as the 427th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 2 May 1949 at Jackson, Mississippi
Location changed 1 September 1949 to Abbeville, Alabama; on 1 December 1949 to Monroeville, Alabama; on 1 September 1950 to Abbeville, Alabama; on 1 December 1950 to Birmingham, Alabama; on 1 November 1951 to Decatur, Alabama
Inactivated 1 May 1952 at Decatur, Alabama
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Redesignated 10 October 1958 as the 427th Transportation Company
Activated 20 October 1958 at Birmingham, Alabama
Inactivated 15 March 1963 at Birmingham, Alabama
Activated 16 April 1995 at Norristown, Pennsylvania
Ordered into active military service 13 June 2004 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 9 December 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2007 as the 427th Transportation Detachment
Ordered into active military service 29 April 2009 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 2 June 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 30 June 2011 to Horsham, Pennsylvania

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History