Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2013
538th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 538th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam
- Withdrawn 21 June 1973 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 September 1991 at Manhattan, Kansas
- Ordered into active military service 15 September 2008 at Manhattan, Kansas; released from active military service 19 October 2009 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 17 March 2013 at Manhattan, Kansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History