Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
541st SUPPORT BATTALION
Constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 541st Quartermaster Service Battalion
Activated 28 December 1942 at Camp Stoneman, California
Battalion broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 541st Quartermaster Battalion
(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3180th, 3181st, 3182d, and 3183d Quartermaster Service Companies, respectively – hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 541st Quartermaster Battalion, inactivated 13 May 1946 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 27 September 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 541st Supply and Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 25 November 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 21 June 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 541st Maintenance Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 17 October 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 541st Support Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rhineland
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 SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History