Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 April 2012
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS
DETACHMENT
11th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
- Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 396th Quartermaster Battalion
- Activated 1 October 1941 at Fort Hamilton, New York
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 396th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
- Reorganized and redesignated 8 April 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 396th Port Battalion
- Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France
- Redesignated 29 September 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Transportation Port Battalion
- Activated 4 October 1948 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 27 December 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 11th Transportation Port Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1952 as Headquarters, 11th Transportation Port Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 11th Transportation Port Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Transportation Battalion
- Inactivated 12 February 1970 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 3 April 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, and activated at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 2006 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Transportation Battalion
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France
- Rhineland
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AUG-OCT 1994
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered OCT-DEC 1994
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History