Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 April 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
106th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 522d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 22 February 1946 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 1 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 18 March 1955 in France
Reorganized and redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany
Activated 17 October 1998 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History