Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 September 2013
227th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 11 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2255th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
- Activated 14 March 1944 at Kelly Field, Texas
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 in France
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 2255th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 29 October 1948 as the 227th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 11 November 1948 at Albemarle, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1950 as the 227th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1953 as the 227th Transportation Company
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Albemarle, North Carolina; released from active military service 11 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 6 December 1990 at Albemarle, North Carolina; released from active military service 5 July 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 28 January 2004 at Albemarle, North Carolina; released from active military service 25 July 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Albemarle, North Carolina
- Activated 16 September 2013 at Sacramento, California
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History