40th Transportation Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 January 2003

40th Transportation Company Lineage

Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 49th Quartermaster Regiment

Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 49th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1943 as the 3542d Quartermaster Truck Company

Inactivated 20 April 1946 in Italy

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3542d Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 40th Transportation Corps Truck Company

Activated 14 April 1947 at Fort Lawton, Washington

Redesignated 18 August 1947 as the 40th Transportation Truck Company

Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 40th Transportation Company

Converted and redesignated 1 September 1965 as Company B, 97th Quartermaster Battalion

Converted and redesignated 23 September 1974 as the 40th Transportation Company

40th Transportation Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II-EAME: Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER