Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 June 2012
690th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
(WHATEVER IT TAKES)
- Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company C, 394th Quartermaster Battalion
- Activated 27 June 1941 at Oakland, California
- Redesignated 31 July 1942 as Company C, 394th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1943 as the 610th Port Company
- Redesignated 21 July 1947 as the 610th Transportation Port Company
- Inactivated 25 September 1949 in Japan
- Redesignated 1 March 1956 as the 610th Transportation Company
- Activated 14 March 1956 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 20 May 1957 at Fort Story, Virginia
- Activated 1 August 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 7 June 2007 as the 690th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 17 October 2009 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- East Indies
- Papua
- New Guinea
- Luzon
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History