98th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 June 2009
98th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Regular Army as the 274th Ordnance Service Detachment
Activated 23 December 1944 in the Azores Islands
Redesignated 19 April 1945 as the 274th Ordnance Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 28 June 1946 in the Azores Islands
Redesignated 18 December 1946 as the 98th Ordnance Ammunition Supply Detachment
Activated 20 March 1947 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Inactivated 15 October 1948 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 98th Ordnance Army Aircraft Repair Detachment
Activated 1 February 1952 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1952 as the 98th Transportation Army Aircraft Repair Team
Redesignated 16 October 1954 as the 98th Transportation Detachment
Inactivated 25 September 1956 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 15 June 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 25 November 1968 in Vietnam
Assigned 1 September 1969 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated in Vietnam
Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany
Inactivated 1 June 1993 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
98th Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription
Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG XOAI
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM - III CORPS AREA
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1964
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970