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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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