573d Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009
573d Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3352d Quartermaster Service Detachment
Activated 12 December 1944 in the Philippines
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3352d Quartermaster Driver Detachment
Inactivated 24 September 1945 in the Philippines
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3352d Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
Redesignated 26 December 1950 as the 573d Transportation Driver Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 25 August 1951 in Korea
Inactivated 1 November 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 23 March 1955 as the 573d Transportation Detachment
Activated 10 April 1955 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 15 July 1955 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Activated 20 June 1956 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Ord, California
Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Ord, California
Activated 17 May 2009 at Fort Carson, Colorado
573d Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte; Luzon
Korean War: UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG XOAI
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1964
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968