Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
53d Transportation Battalion
- Constituted 28 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Quartermaster Truck Battalion
- Activated 22 June 1943 in Mostaganem, Algeria
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 May 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
- Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Soissons, France
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Corps Truck Battalion, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 16 May 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Truck Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Transportation Battalion
- Redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Battalion
- Inactivated 15 September 1995 in Germany
- Activated 16 November 1999 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2013-2014
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1986
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2014-2015
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History