Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 May 2016
138th Transportation Detachment
- Constituted 25 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 138th Hospital Train Maintenance Platoon, Transportation Corps
- Activated 1 March 1944 at Camp Millard, Ohio
- Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 138th Transportation Crops Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Bonn, Germany
- Redesignated 3 July 1953 as the 138th Transportation Cargo Helicopter Field Maintenance Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 July 1953 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Redesignated 24 November 1953 as the 138th Transportation Detachment
- Inactivated 1 July 1955 at Vaihingen, Germany
- Activated 22 August 1956 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Inactivated 26 October 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Activated 1 February 1965 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Inactivated 1 January 1967 at Danang, Vietnam
- Activated 25 August 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 25 June 1971 at Sattahip, Thailand
- Activated 16 October 2001 at Yongsan, Korea
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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