296th Support Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2000
296th Support Battalion Lineage
Constituted 23 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Activated 15 December 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Transportation Truck Battalion
Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 8 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 5 November 1955 in Korea
Redesignated 16 October 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Support Battalion, assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 16 September 1992 in Korea
Activated 16 October 1995 at Fort Lewis, Washington
296th Support Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: 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 KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953