Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
1099th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 7 August 1953 in the Regular Army as Company C, 159th Transportation Battalion
- Activated 1 September 1953 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1959 as the 1099th Transportation Company
- Inactivated 16 June 1979 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Redesignated 14 September 1987 as the 1099th Transportation Detachment
- Activated16 May 1988 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- 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
- 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 VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART, Ph.D.
Director, Center of Military History
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