647th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2007
647th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 28 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2079th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
Activated 1 January 1943 at Santa Maria Army Air Base, California
Inactivated 25 March 1946 in Japan
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 2079th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 6 July 1948 as the 647th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
Activated 28 July 1948 at Birmingham, Alabama
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1950 as the 647th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
Inactivated 31 December 1950 at Birmingham, Alabama
Activated 31 March 1953 at Opp, Alabama
Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1953 as the 647th Transportation Company
Location changed 20 October 1957 to Birmingham, Alabama
Inactivated 15 May 1959 at Birmingham, Alabama
Activated 16 October 1995 at Laurel, Mississippi
Ordered into active military service 15 October 2001 at Laurel, Mississippi; released from active military service 14 October 2002
and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Laurel, Mississippi; released from active military service 20 January 2004
and reverted to reserve status
647th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945