Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011
96th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company M, 3d Battalion, 47th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 15 May 1942 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company M, 3d Battalion, 47th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1943 as the 3512th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3512th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 96th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 96th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 20 July 1947 in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 8 June 1953 as the 96th Transportation Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
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
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History