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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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