Lineages and Honors Information
Transportation

Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 September 2017

168th Transportation Detachment

  • Constituted 3 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3367th Quartermaster Service Detachment
  • Activated 12 December 1944 in New Guinea
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as the 3367th Quartermaster Driver Detachment
  • Inactivated 10 October 1945 in New Guinea
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3367th Transportation Corps Driver Detachment
  • Redesignated 10 October 1961 as the 168th Transportation Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 11 October 1961 in France
  • Inactivated 24 September 1962 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Activated 24 June 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam
  • Assigned 25 July 1968 to the 101st Airborne Division and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Inactivated 25 April 1971 in Vietnam
  • Activated 1 July 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Relieved 21 May 1973 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
  • Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Activated 16 March 2017 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Luzon
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HO CHI MINH TRAIL
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
  • 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

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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