Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2019
609th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 27 September 1966 in the Regular Army as the 609th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 25 November 1966 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 June 2000 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2014-2015
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History