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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 December 2010

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546th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company G, 2d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Regiment

Activated 15 October 1939 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Inactivated 13 January 1941 at Fort Wayne, Michigan

Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Croft, South Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company G, 2d Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 4 December 1943 as the 3527th Quartermaster Truck Company

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3527th Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 546th Transportation Truck Company

Inactivated 20 February 1951 on Saipan

Activated 24 February 1951 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico

Reorganized and redesignated 27 August 1953 as the 546th Transportation Company

Inactivated 15 March 1958 in the Panama Canal Zone

Activated 10 December 1965 in the Dominican Republic
546th Transportation company

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                            East Indies
                                                            New Guinea

                                                            Armed Forces Expeditions
                                                            Dominican Republic

                                                            Southwest Asia
                                                            Defense of Saudi Arabia
                                                            Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                            Cease-Fire

                                                            War on Terrorism
                                                            Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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