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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011

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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


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