Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2014
139th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 25 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 139th Hospital Train Maintenance Platoon, Transportation Corps
- Activated 1 March 1944 at Camp Millard, Ohio
- Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 139th Transportation Corps Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment
- Inactivated 25 November 1945 in Germany
- Redesignated 17 April 1959 as the 139th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 1 June 1959 at Tupelo, Mississippi
- Location changed 10 April 1960 to Atlanta, Georgia; on 19 April 1971 to East Point, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 March 1972 at East Point, Georgia
- Activated 16 April 1980 at Jamaica, New York
- Location changed in 1990 to Fort Totten, New York
- Ordered into active military service 27 August 1990 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 18 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 10 June 1996 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 28 February 1997 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 21 February 2003 at Fort Totten, New York; released from active military service 9 August 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 January 2014 at Fort Totten, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- 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 2003
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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