Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October June 2014
523d Transportation Company
- Constituted 15 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 523d Quartermaster Car Company and activated in Algeria
- Inactivated 15 November 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 523d Transportation Corps Car Company
- Redesignated 3 October 1949 as the 523d Transportation Service Company
- Activated 17 October 1949 on Guam
- Inactivated 26 June 1950 on Guam
- Redesignated 28 November 1951 as the 523d Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 7 January 1952 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1953 as the 523d Transportation Company
- Inactivated 27 March 1956 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Activated 15 February 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 25 March 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 18 May 1966 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 October 2014 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- 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
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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