512th Maintenance Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 February 2007
512th Maintenance Company Lineage
Constituted 10 February 1936 in the Regular Army as Company K, 54th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 24 March 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Company K, 54th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1942 as the 875th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company
Redesignated 21 May 1943 as the 875th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company
Inactivated 30 November 1946 in France
Redesignated 10 February 1947 as the 512th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company
Activated 10 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 512th Ordnance Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1966 as the 512th Maintenance Company
Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Korea
Activated 21 December 1972 in Germany
512th Maintenance Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea; Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1954
Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996
Army Superior Unit Award for 2001-2002
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952