Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 June 2013
490th Quartermaster Company
- Constituted 24 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 4219th Quartermaster Service Company
- Activated 4 June 1944 at Whittier, Alaska
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1946 as the 4219th Quartermaster Salvage Company
- Inactivated 21 April 1947 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Redesignated 1 May 1947 as the 490th Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 15 May 1947 at Newark, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
- Inactivated 12 July 1950 at Newark, New Jersey
- Redesignated 15 January 1952 as the 490th Quartermaster Reclamation and Maintenance Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 February 1952 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 October 1953 as the 490th Quartermaster Company
- Inactivated 15 July 1959 at Fort Lee, Virginia
- Converted and redesignated 30 March 1966 as the 490th Supply Company
- Activated 16 May 1966 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam
- Converted and redesignated 15 August 1995 as the 490th Quartermaster Company
- Activated 16 September 2012 at Rochester, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Vietnam
- 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
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History