Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 July 2008
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
766th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
Constituted 28 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 766th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps
Activated 4 September 1944 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana
Inactivated 10 February 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 16 April 1959 as the 766th Transportation Battalion and allotted to the Army Reserve
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 766th Transportation Battalion, activated 1 May 1959 at Gary, Indiana
Location changed in 1960 to East Chicago, Indiana
Inactivated 31 January 1968 at East Chicago, Indiana
Activated 15 March 1972 at Evansville, Indiana
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Evansville, Indiana; released from active military service 3 July 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 17 January 1999 to South Bend, Indiana
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at South Bend, Indiana; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription
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
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History