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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
303d ORDNANCE BATTALION

 

Constituted 3 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Ordnance Battalion

Activated 15 May 1944 at Camp Maxey, Texas

Inactivated 30 January 1946 on Okinawa

Allotted 27 November 1946 to the Organized Reserves.

Activated 7 December 1946 at Fort Collins, Colorado

Location changed 15 February 1948 to Detroit, Michigan

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 15 November 1950 at Detroit, Michigan

Activated 19 October 1955 at Saginaw, Michigan

Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Saginaw, Michigan

Redesignated 31 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Maintenance Battalion; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated in Germany

Inactivated 21 January 1976 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 May 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Ordnance Battalion

Activated 16 October 2009 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDITS

                                                  World War II
                                                  Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription
                                                                       
                                                  War on Terrorism
                                                  Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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