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