Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2010
846th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 889th Motor Transport Company
Converted and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company E, 2d Battalion, 513th Quartermaster Regiment
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company E, 2d Battalion, 513th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
(513th Quartermaster Truck Regiment ordered into active military service 31 March 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan)
Activated 1 April 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Reorganized and redesignated 22 November 1943 as the 3885th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 25 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3885th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 15 July 1947 as the 846th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 1 August 1947 at Spartanburg, South Carolina
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 1 August 1950 at Spartanburg, South Carolina
Redesignated 17 April 1959 as the 846th Transportation Company
Activated 1 June 1959 at Greenville, South Carolina
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Greenville, South Carolina; released from active military service 7 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 September 1970 to Greenwood, South Carolina; on
1 October 1977 to Salisbury, North Carolina
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Salisbury, North Carolina; released from active military service 5 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 11 February 2003 at Salisbury, North Carolina; released from active military service 7 October 2004 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
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
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History